Chapter 10
The future
There seems little doubt that digital is here to stay. For broadcasters, this means that the complete chain of acquisition, post-production and transmission will become wholly digital. To some this is the ultimate panacea.
Digital technology is getting cheaper and the quality can be superb, which is fine if everybody uses the same digital encoding systems. However, the nature of the market is such that many different systems will be deployed. The result will inevitably be some confusion.
Digital transmission systems can offer new opportunities. Widescreen transmission is a case in point, coupled with high definition television. This will reduce many existing on-line nonlinear systems to no more than off-line editing systems. ...
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