HDTV: Cable's Opportunity for the Future (1988)
By William Thomas, American Television and Communications
High Definition Television (HDTV) will be available within this country by the early 1990's. All broadcast media including terrestrial broadcasters, cable operators, DBS and telco are formulating plans on how to best accommodate HDTV in their environments. At American Television and Communications (ATC) and Home Box Office (HBO) efforts are being made to encourage the development of HDTV systems that are optimized for CATV carriage. A cable aware HDTV system must take into account existing practices within the cable industry including satellite delivery, interconnect systems, scrambling and security concepts, in addition to the basic coax system and its inherent signal transmission characteristics.
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