IP: Brazil chooses digital TV standard -- Japan

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 20:17:58 -0700
> From: Ed Gerck <egerck () nma com>
> To: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
>
> According to Brazilian sources cited by Cristiana Lobo in the site 
> www.ig.com.br ,
> the Communication Ministry Group "Set--ABERT" has choosen the Japanese
> standard of digital TV for 160 million Brazilians, after also evaluting 
> the US and
> European standards.
>
> The official announcement will be done in September, according to the sources,
> after a dialogue with Argentina.  The subject is complex and will have 
> important
> market consequences outside Brazil given the emerging common market in the
> area, a la EC  -- some relevant URLs are:
>
> http://www.commslab.gov.au/lab/info/digtv/dtvguide.htm
> http://www.nhk.or.jp/bunken/BCRI-fr/h05-f1.html
> http://www.dvb.org/dvb_articles/dvb_pcm110.htm
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ed Gerck