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Scenes from the Development of HDTV Contact the Artist-Author: Philip J Cianci, for price and availability information about the paintings.

The HDTV Archive Project

Author's Query: Your Input is Requested

for a book to be published by McFarland & Co. on the development of HDTV.

The scope of the work is to explore and document the technology, as well as business and creative aspects of the global genesis of HD. Contributions from those who worked on deploying and perfecting HDTV and digital broadcasting are sought. Personal memories of facility and studio construction and initial broadcasts are of particular interest. All aquired material will be donanted to the Smithsonian Institution, Library of Congress and other appropriate archives.

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The author, Philip J Cianci, while with Philips Research, participated in the development of Advanced Television Systems, culminating in the Grand Alliance HDTV prototype. Mr. Cianci was with ESPN during the construction and commissioning of the Digital Center and the debut of SportsCenter in HD. He was the Editor of the Transition to Digital, a Broadcast Engineering Magazine e-Newsletter from 2005 through 2007 and is the author of two Focal Press Books. He currently serves on the SMPTE Journal Board of Editors.

McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, is one of the leading publishers of scholarly and reference books in the United States, with more than 4100 titles published to date, including nearly 2900 still in print. McFarland publishes about 350 new titles each year for a worldwide market; many of them have received awards as outstanding reference or academic titles. McFarland is recognized for its serious works in a variety of fields,