That prevented HDTV broadcasts from reverting to 4:3 standard definition when the tickers appeared.

Simply reproducing the quality of today's HDTV broadcasts or film while using digital technology is not worth the effort, industry executives agree.

As with all early HDTV broadcasts, receiving the service will require real motivation on the part of the consumer.

That is when the networks petitioned the Government to require HDTV broadcasts.

During typical HDTV broadcasts at the time, commercials themselves were broadcast in standard definition.

It would be the first daily HDTV broadcast.

Existing analog HDTV broadcasts would continue until at least 2007, but the eventual shift to digital is now certain.

In Europe, 16:9 is the standard broadcast format for most digital channels and all HDTV broadcasts.

Both theater and Dolby surround sound are included in HDTV broadcasts.

But on 19 July 2007, it unveiled plans to begin HDTV broadcasts ahead of schedule.