dth at which it operates means that each HDTV receiver will be considerably more expensive than a cathode ray tube. In order to make HDTV programmes, whole sets, scenery and backdrops would have to be completely redesigned to be shot on a camera which costs about six times the amount of one found in a television studio today. Generally it seems that the expense of the equipment will make it hard for HDTV to make an impact on the market in the near future.
             A change to digital broadcasting now would ensure easy viewer access for a start, certainly ending the geographical problems of analogue waves. More importantly though, digital transmission would change the face of terrestrial television altogether as it
             It is at this point that entrepreneurs have shown an interest in the path that television of the future is taking. With the possibility of dozens of new channels thanks to signal compression with digital broadcasting, the most likely outcome is that television companies will
             merge with cable. As far as satellite television goes, 12.1% of all homes already have Sky and have subscribed to channels devoted to movies, sport and cartoons. Nothing exciting is planned for the future other than adding to existing channels, yet the cable network (which is best placed to take advantage of the current technology) has the potential of sending between 1000-2000 channels to your home in ten years time because of digital technology.
             Born in the 1970s, the cable architecture was established to bring satellite channels straight into the home. This brought with it speciality channels
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