Switching to Digital Television

"The decision to switch permanently from analogue terrestrial to digital television is part of a trend across all the technologically advanced nations of the world. Digital television was launched in the UK in 1998. Its growth has been dramatic and by no means smooth. The decision to switch fully is, at its heart, a political one: governments and regulators manage terrestrial spectrum and are ultimately responsible for switchover policy. Switching off the conventional analogue television signals to which consumers (and voters) have been accustomed for most of their lives poses a tricky political challenge. It cannot be accomplished by government diktat. Switching to Digital Television shows how, for success, public policy needs to work in conjunction with both competitive market forces and organised broadcasting industry collaboration." "Switching to Digital Television is an authoritative study of the policy of digital switchover. It is based primarily on UK experience but includes comparative studies spanning the United States, Japan and the leading countries of western Europe."--book jacket.

Year

2007

Language

English

Publisher

Intellect Ltd

Editions

1

Pages

256

ISBN

9781841501727

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