Defining Vision: How Broadcasters Lured the Government Into Inciting a Revolution in Television, Updated and Expanded (Harvest Book) - Softcover

Brinkley, Joel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156005972 ISBN 13: 9780156005975

Publisher: Dey Street Books, 1998

Synopsis

HDTV - digital, high-definition television - is an invention so far-reaching that most people cannot yet grasp its full significance. But the new sets are arriving in stores, and we are in the midst of a revolution in television. In Defining Vision, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Joel Brinkley takes us inside the creation of HDTV, into a titanic competition between some of the world's most important high-tech corporations battling for a prize worth billions of dollars. Brinkley tells the story from deep inside the laboratories and boardrooms where the race was run. There, scheming contestants employed duplicity, extortion, and, occasionally, creative genius. At the same time, government leaders manipulated the race to their own ends, promoting it one moment and betraying it the next.

About this title

About the Author:

New York Times correspondents Joel Brinkley and Steve Lohr have been covering the case since before the trial even began, down to its repercussions after it all was over. Steve Lohr has been a technology reporter at The New York Times since 1992. Previously, he was The New York Times bureau chief in Manila, a correspondent for the London bureau, and deputy editor of The Times business news department. Joel Brinkley is a Washington correspondent for The New York Times covering regulatory issues. Previously, he was The Times bureau chief in Jerusalem, and the White House Correspondent. A 1980 Pulitzer Prize winner for international reporting, Mr. Brinkley is also the author of The Circus Master s Mission and Defining Vision: The Battle for the Future of Television. Joel Brinkley lives in Washington, D.C. and Steve Lohr lives in New York City.

Synopsis:

Examines the competition by different companies, institutions, and Japan to develop a new high definition television, introducing all the key players.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dey Street Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0156005972
• ISBN 13: 9780156005975
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416