USA mandates HDTV

[Kerry Webb]

At 04:17 PM 10/27/98 +1100, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>Robin Whittle wrote:
> 
>> Australia, in our familiar World Class manner, beat the Yanks to it:
>> 
>>    http://www.dca.gov.au/nsapi-text/?MIval=dca_dispdoc&ID=3089
>> 
>> According to the bill passed in July, Australian analogue TV will end
>> at in December 2008.
>
>To be fair, it does say:
>
>.. that Australians will continue to have access to their existing
>analog service until at least December 2008. 
>
>which is not quite the same thing.
>

and, to paraphrase a senior technical executive from a major network 
speaking at a workshop a few days ago, he expects the analogue 
transmission to continue even after then.

Kerry