Singaporeans give thumbs-up to HDTV trials

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High Definition TV (HDTV) is the latest to hit the broadcasting scene in Singapore, and Singaporeans have given it the thumbs-up. According to a survey by StarHub, 96 percent of those interviewed were satisfied with the picture quality, and four in five viewers were satisfied with the trial as a whole. These figures were revealed by the country’s Information, Communications and the Arts Minister Lee Boon Yang at the launch of StarHub’s HDTV service.

The launch places Singapore as the first country in Southeast Asia to offer a commercial HDTV service, Channel NewsAsia reports. SingTel and MediaCorp plan to have a commercial HDTV launch later this year.

The minister added viewers can look forward to more local HD content this year. “The Media Development Authority has been actively encouraging and supporting local content producers to create quality HD content for domestic and international markets. About 100 hours of local HD content was completed last year and this figure will be doubled by this year,” said Mr Lee.

Source: Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union via Media Network Weblog