High-Definition TV: The Grand Alliance Case Solution
This article sheds light on the political and economic forces which had an effect on the development of an all-digital, high-definition television (HDTV) standard in America between 1986 and 1996. Summarizes the positions for various authorities and business participants in the standard-setting procedure. Compares the market-led strategy used in developing U.S. HDTV standards to the government-directed procedures applied in Japan and Europe, where billions of dollars were invested in R&D but the resultant analog standards were soon left. This article provides reasoningwith a string of open policy issues facing U.S. regulators in 1996, for example, whether to intervene to resolve technical disputes between the broadcast medium and computer industries, whether to mandate or only authorize use of an HDTV standard, and whether to establish specific deadlines for broadcasters' installation of HDTV technology.
This is just an excerpt. This case is about TECHNOLOGY & OPERATIONS
PUBLICATION DATE: December 03, 2003
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