Multimedia communications

The book covers the period of the development of Broadcast television from the initial work by NHK in Japan on High Definition Television up to the period of the introduction of digital television world-wide. As such it is a must for those researching the political and technical issues that determined the outcome of an international battle to achieve world standards. Unfortunately, as with the Pal, NTSC and SECAM colour systems no world standard has been realised for analogue HDTV or even digital Standard Definition Systems. The reasons for this are clearly explained in the book as seen from the point of view of Governments, Broadcasters and Receiver manufacturers.