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If we take 1950 as a generic ‘starting point’ for modern television broadcasting, then the medium is only now celebrating its 60th birthday. It has come a long way. To get from analogue to digital and then HDTV is not simply a technical quantum leap, it also represents the development and maturity of the analogue system. Without multi-channel analogue TV, the mass-market penetration of television sets and general economic prosperity, we would not have the necessary base ingredients to make the great leap forward.
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Clover, J., Forrester, C. (2011). 11 The Brave Pioneers. In: Forrester, C. (eds) High Above. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12009-1_11
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