Europe has set its sights on bringing HD to TV viewers with Euro1080, a new satellite TV channel that will start broadcasting only in HD throughout the continent on Jan. 1, 2004. Supporting the start-up of the channel is Alfacam, which manufactures HD production trucks in Europe. Euro1080 officials said the channel wi

The ProSiebenSat.1 Group in late October became the first TV corporation in Europe to feed HD content to consumers on a regular basis. Its two HD stations became available on Oct. 26 via the Astra satellite system. Part of the timing is based on the much-anticipated World Cup, which will be held in Germany next spr

Europe's television providers should concentrate their resources initially on building pay television rather than advertising-based business models in order to reach the critical mass of HD content and receivers necessary to make HDTV a self-sustaining business.

A Strategy Analytics Report "Digital TV Transition: Europe Watches France's Mandates As Terrestrial HDTV Arrives" released Wednesday outlines France's plan for rolling out digital terrestrial TV.

The new 1080i/25 field HD channels take advantage of MPEG-4 AVC compression and DVB S2 satellite coding

Consumers can now turn to their Blackberry wireless systems for the latest conditions.

Consumers will have a hard time finding any small sets with built-in digital tuners.