Presenting Widescreen and Standard Services Side by Side: The BBC Experience

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY
Doc Type: Conference Paper
Content Type: Original Research
Volume: 1998, No. 7, pp. 1–12
Abstract: Recently the UK has launched a range of digital widescreen services. The services are expected to replace the existing services, so it is necessary to transmit the same material on both the new widescreen services and the standard format analogue services. This provides challenges in producing material that is pleasing on both formats without remastering programs and having the expense of transmitting two separate channels. The BBC has been transmitting these widescreen and 4times3 services alongside each other since the start of June. It is not easy to provide a continuing service to existing viewers and at the same time deliver an exciting service that people will buy. This paper describes the BBC's experience in providing a simulcast widescreen and 4times3 service The issues in providing programming that is compatible with both formats are discussed. A cost effective way of providing the simulcast services is shown together with the policy options for shooting material. The article concludes by discussing the best option for the delivery of simultaneous services so that all the viewer get the best out of our range of channels.
Publication Date: 1998-10-01
DOI: 10.5594/M00281
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/M00281
Author(s): Ian BakerBBC London
Copyright: © 1998 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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