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