BBC brings forward HDTV
“ 2008 Olympics is a great driver
The growing apparent enthusiasm for HDTV across Europe, and in the UK in particular, has meant the BBC has looked urgently again at its HDTV timetable. John Varney, the BBC’s Chief Technology Officer, talking exclusively to Inside Satellite, said: “Our thinking has changed in that we’re now asking ourselves how soon we might launch a HD service. We may be looking at something relatively quickly.” Varney admitted there was much to be done, including absorbing 40 HD cameras just purchased from Sony, as well as copious staff training.

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