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Intellect teamed up with its sister trade association Bitkom of Germany, in a Berlin located, 2-day Congress/Summit (in the English language), aimed at providing a 'fix' on where the HDTV rollout has got to across Europe, providing initial feedback on the success being achieved.

The overall objective was to paint a pan- European picture of the High-Definition TV market situation and the status of the technology and service roll-out.

The following key aspects were considered as part of the agenda:

• market volumes and turnover potential
• roll-out plans of different European countries
• technological aspects and DRM/Digital Rights Management
• HD-content delivery platforms
• traditional arrangements: terrestrial, cable, satellite
• new forms of use: IP-TV, HD-Downloads, Video-on-Demand
• HD-TV and its integration into Smart-Homes and Intelligent Business Environments
• visions of future entertainment for the next 10 years

The High-Definition TV markets was explored and assessed from different points of view: including from the industry as well perceived by broadcasters, manufacturers, customers and retailers. A major focus was on marketing aspects and the communication of the program to the end user.

BITKOM and Intellect prepared the congress using their extensive network of contacts including those available from both organisations’ membership of EICTA, the European Information and Communications Technology Industry Association. There were 30 top-speakers from around 6 different countries.

HDTV across Europe conference agenda (PDF 1MB).