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While U.S. broadcasters scramble to meet upcoming digital hardware and delivery requirements, and while producers who work between continents play a guessing game in terms of the endurance of a particular HD standard, there is no such confusion at Japan's public broadcaster. As far as the president of NHK is concerned, Hi-Vision will prevail. Says Katsuji Ebisawa (through an interpreter), 'Of course we understand that the U.S. and Europe have set out with their own formats, but we believe, with our Hi-Vision, that we are running ahead.'

September 1, 2001

While U.S. broadcasters scramble to meet upcoming digital hardware and delivery requirements, and while producers who work between continents play a guessing game in terms of the endurance of a particular HD standard, there is no such confusion at Japan's public broadcaster. As far as the president of NHK is concerned, Hi-Vision will prevail. Says Katsuji Ebisawa (through an interpreter), 'Of course we understand that the U.S. and Europe have set out with their own formats, but we believe, with our Hi-Vision, that we are running ahead.'