Channel 21 expected to spend $10 million to buy digital equipment.
By its very nature, however, digital equipment requires far fewer workers.
It provides a way of imitating a generally traditional film based process with digital equipment.
Data can be sent more reliably and faster with digital equipment.
There are no moving parts as such and this is where digital equipment can score quite significantly.
"He says he just can't get the same kind of sounds using the new digital equipment."
These studios use digital equipment that can be controlled from Washington.
The late 1980s saw change come once more - this time in the form of high-speed digital equipment.
They've got all this digital equipment and yet they're standing down the end of a corridor.
The financial savings can be considerable even with available digital equipment.