The first HDTV broadcast of the Olympic Games in Seoul
1990
March
August
First international HDTV drama "The Ginger Tree" co-produced with the BBC
First major music program in HDTV :opera program "Der Ring des Nibelungen," co-produced with Bayerische Staatsoper/Freistaat Bayern
1991
1991 The Hi-Vision (HDTV) Promotion Association begins
test broadcasting 8 hours
a day in Japan
1998
October
November
US space shuttle takes HDTV cameras aboard, providing
the world's first HDTV
pictures from space
NHK's HDTV technology wins an Emmy award
1999
NHK broadcasts "WILD ASIA: The Untold Story," an HDTV co-production with NHNZ Ltd.
2000
2000
March
July-August
December
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) approves
NHK HDTV as a
global studio standard
HDTV coverage of Democratic and Republican National conventions
in the U.S
Digital satellite broadcasting commences in Japan; NHK launches 24-hour HDTV-only channel
2001
June
March
NHK's HDTV system installed in the UN General Assembly Hall
Establishment of The NHK President's Prize for outstanding HDTV programs at the Banff Television Festival
2002
2002
January
June
First official, international joint HDTV production
executed at the Salt Lake City
Olympics
FIFA World Cup™co-hosted by Korea and Japan broadcast
in HDTV
2003
December
Digital terrestrial broadcasting commences in Japan
2004
August
First international joint HTDV production for the summer Olympic games at Athens Olympics
2005
2005
March-September
First demonstration of Super Hi-vision, Ultrahigh-Definition Wide-Screen System with 4000 Scanning Lines, at the World Exposition in Aichi, Japan
