| NOTAS: | "High-definition television (HDTV) is already being broadcast in Japan, Australia, Canada, South Korea and the US, and now it is coming to Europe. This report analyzes the nascent, but developing market in Europe. It investigates the competing technologies currently in the marketplace, assesses developments in other markets and forecasts the size of the European HDTV market.
Datamonitor believes that HDTV will penetrate some 4.8 million European households by the end of 2008 - up from 50,000 in 2003. Although the consumer market will develop slowly, due to the high price of consumer equipment, broadcasters/producers should prepare and must begin to substantially upgrade their equipment and infrastructure from today." |
