Horizontal lines in panning footage?

I have shot some footage for a client and I have to make a WMV and a QT version for the web but when I export the footage it looks blocky and has jagged horizontal lines as the camera pans past the subject matter, should I apply a filter to the footage?
It was shot on Sony Z1 SD footage PAL!!

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