Description of the political and economic forces that have influenced the development of a fully digital, high-definition television (HDTV) standard in the United States between 1986 and 1996. Contours rates for various government and industry stakeholders to establish standards. Contrasts market approach used to develop standards in the U.S. government under the leadership HDTV processes used in Japan and Europe, where billions of dollars have been invested in R & D, but the resulting analog standards were soon abandoned. Concludes with a number of outstanding policy issues facing U.S. regulators in 1996, for example, whether to intervene to resolve technical disputes between broadcasting and computer industries, whether charged or simply permission to use the HDTV standard, and whether to set a specific time frame HDTV broadcasters to deploy technology . "Hide
by Thomas R. Eisenmann Source: Harvard Business School 23 pages. Publication Date: December 3, 2003. Prod. #: 804103-PDF-ENG
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