Opening Remarks

Fourteen years have passed since the first HDTV Workshop was held in Ottawa, in Canada, in the month of October, 1992. There began a series of very valuable events that brought together the experts in this rapidly evolving field of technology to share the results of their work and to exchange views on the future directions for research and development. Much has happened in those fourteen years since I had the pleasure of working with the late br. Chris Siocos of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, perhaps best known for his contributions in the field of broadcasting and communications satellites, and together we realised at that time the need for this special workshop, known then as the HDTV Colloquium. Even then it was conceived as an international event, a meeting of the experts and a catalyst to future progress. In Europe, a year or so later, Dr. Leonardo Chiariglione created the Aquila Workshop on HDTV and from these have grown these annual and truly international fora on HDTV.

Published

1996-10

Content type

Original Research

DOI

10.5594/M001229

ISBN

978-1-61482-947-8