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Article: WRAL-TV News Operation Goes All-HDTV With Panasonic DVCPRO HD; World's First All-HD Newscast Set for October 13th from North Carolina State Fair.
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- October 10, 2000
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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 2000
Panasonic Broadcast & Television Systems Company today announced that Capitol Broadcasting Company's WRAL-TV (Raleigh, North Carolina) has made a multi-million dollar purchase of DVCPRO HD equipment to convert its field news operations to high definition. WRAL-TV and Panasonic Broadcast also announced that DVCPRO HD equipment will be used to produce the world's first all-HDTV newscast on October 13th. High Definition Television offers viewers greatly enhanced picture quality, a wide-screen 16 X 9 ratio versus the ...