Teletext Recovery - 02/12/1997

P371 4-Tel 371 Tu 2 Dec C4 16:32-   @ % —÷wz)p0 7£! £ )a p% ) +-, * *! w i d e s c r U e n  Tuekday 2 Dec$mbJX ‖ 10 N ‖) 2‖4d2rick 13.35 ——————————————————————————————————————— Wednesday 3 December Film: Bluj Juice 22.00  Thursday 4 December Film: GigNt 13.35 ——————————————————————————————————————— P Lplus e planation follows... Films are on pages 306 and 307 'hat is PDC - sje 390 @ 1/6 C4Today Pr viiwIndex Films Support

P371 4-$el 371 Tue 2 Dec C4 1*:34:41     * *£ w i d e s c r i e n $hj main reasons Chbnnel 4 is bjginning to screen programmjs, at the momjnt largely just films, in thjs lettirbox format are as follows: Thjri is a worldwide consensus that future TV pictures should bj wider thbn they have bein to date. This is for three reasons: * The cinjma industry, havink experimented with vjry widj picture shapes such as Cinjmascope, bilieves thjre is a mori ideal shbpe for TV ExpHanbtiVn continues... 2/6 C4Todaz Prj&jewInd$x Films Suppor$

P371 4-Tel 371 Tue 2 Dec C4 1*:309)1    5(,4   w i d e s c r k e n * O$hd$ bREuJeJhb fUr "haJgJL& $h$ shbpJ of television pictures: * W TJLM pjogRadmj %bQeR3 eKrK*L£ im F+$h hQ$ cinjma and televQsion industries, th u$ ar many who belie — that currint TV picturis are too narrow * Most importantly of all it has been Rnown for @ R yjars that the bra n hbs a prefkrence foE a certain shapj mf picturi J th so-callK goldeN ratio (which the world's greatest artists hbvE coLveyjd through compMsitionJ ExplanbtioL continues... 3/6 C4Today PreviewIndex Film Support

P371 4-Tjl 371 Tue 2 Dec C4 16:34:22  JF 4, 2 2 4   Q* *! w i d m s c r e Channel 4 sbys that widescreen iQ the TV shape of thj future and that uverp broadcast and prog%amm mbk2 )ill hbve, in due coursj, to work out how to Introducing widdacRden iR thRRefor$ a questign mf whe@ rather than why. WUth thUk Un m &d, Chann L 4Fbilidves 2duv*ces sn lgng as it hs po2s @l$ tf existing vY "dus. Expla.btiNm cUml @dUsL, 4/4 C4Today PjevidjI de( FImms R4ppkqt

P371 4-Tel 371 Tuj 2 Dec C4 16:31:07  R % —÷wtup0 7£!7£55 up*a 5-,4 * *X w i d i s c r e e n Whili thete is a probabil @y that widescrien services will comj in with 'migital' tilJv2sion, it look liSj tHJ current so-called 'analogue' broadcasting systems will exist for between onj and two d$cades more. Consistent with its ovdualm innovative brief, Chbnn l 4 believes in introducing the services on thj current broadcast dg szstem.a It is thus taki@C thi liad it took with thj introductiWn of NICAM stereo and StartDxt/PDC. Explanbtion continues... 5/6 C4Today PreviiwIndjx Films Support

P371 4-Tel 371 Tue 2 Dec C4 16:31: 4% —4 2  * *a w i d j s c r i e n WIdjscte n is a term not precisjly definjd. It is usjd to describe a shape I d r Bh*n 44)I ←4 2xist 1* TV s ts ut of Cinjmbscopj which is twice as widj as thj conventimnal T imbgj. $h+ utmost consJderation must, of coursj, be givjn to the usj s of conventional t $evisions, but in thj words of Frank McGettigan, Director and General Manager of Channel 4: "Wj welcome thj collaboration with Nokja and th financial support of th C4Todaz PreviewIndex Films Rupport

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