Traduction de «high-definition » (Anglais → Français) :

The Communication on the ‘digital dividend’[10] has called for some frequencies to be made available to allow a balanced mix of high-definition broadcasting, mobile TV and wireless broadband.

Existing equipment will still function (but not with the high definition elements of course) - whilst new equipment will take old format programming as well as high definition.

...portance of advanced and high-definition television for the European consumer electronics industry and for the European television and film industries, and established the strategy framework for the introduction of European advanced and high- definition television; Whereas the Council, in Council Resolution 93/C 209/01, invited the Commission to submit to the Council a communication on digital television; Whereas on 18 November 1993 the Commission submitted to the Council a communication entitled "Digital Video Broadcasting - a Framework for Community Policy"; Whereas digital technology offers significant benefits for the future of ...[+++] television and for the future electronic information highways; Whereas the benefits will be best achieved if a harmonious approach, based on a long-term perspective, is adopted from the start; Whereas common standards are an essential prerequisite for such an approach; Whereas relevant research and development activities in the Community should be reinforced and appropriate studies on frequency allocation and implementation scenarios intensified; Whereas the development of digital television technology is a worldwide phenomenon and whereas the search for the highest degree of compatibility between the various regions of the world in this area is a desirable objective, WELCOMES the Commission communication entitled "Digital Video Broadcasting - a Framework for Community Policy", which provides an excellent basis for the Council's examination; 1. CONSIDERS that: 1.1. digital technology offers the potential of significant benefits for the future of television and, in the broader sense, for the future electronic information highways or integrated broadband communications, for which digital television can be a driving force; 1.2. these potential benefits will only be fully achieved in practice if market implementation takes place in a harmonious fashion which facilitates and does not retard the progressive development of the market towards new and more advanced services in a smooth and compatible manner; 1.3. an essential precondition for this harmonious market evolution is the adoption in the market of common standards which, while providing necessary market clarity for both producers and consumers in th ...

This strategy offers direct advantages to the consumer: - without waiting for high definition, the consumer will immediately be able to receive programmes on a wide 16:9 format screen, possible with D2-MAC and particularly appropriate for the transmission of films and sport, with compact-disc quality sound and distinctly improved picture quality; - without changing equipment, the consumer will be able to receive HD-MAC programmes as soon as they are available; thus he or she will be able to choose when and how much to invest in television equipment in order to benefit from high-definition quality.

On 17 March 1986, at a meeting of Commission representatives and the manufacturers, national authorities and parties responsible for European broadcasting, a broad consensus was reached in favour of submitting to the CCIR a work programme laying down the rough outlines of a European world standard for hig-definition television. In practice, the Europeans will be proposing to the CCIR that swift action be taken to launch a series of laboratory experiments lasting for a least two years and backed by R?D activities, with a view to the new equipment being placed on the market by the beginning of the next decade. It should be noted, in this connection, that the promoters of the Japanese project have announced that the launch date for the marketing of ...[+++]the first high-definition television equipment will be 1989. - 2 - At the meeting held on 17 March the Commission informed the participants that the RACE programme (new European strategy in the field of telecommunications) would actively contribute to the projects being undertaken in this sector.

As regards recent technology developments, three technical innovations -- besides digital television -- could contribute favourably to the development of the audiovisual sector. These are: high definition TV, flat panel displays, and interactive television.