The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) is the group, established in 1982, that developed the eponymous ATSC Standards for digital television in the United States, also adopted by Canada, Mexico, South Korea, and recently Honduras and is being considered by other countries.

[edit] See also

• ATSC Standards
• ATSC tuner
• broadcast flag
• DVB - European digital television standard
• EIA-708
• OpenCable

[edit] External links

• ATSC website
• ATSC standards download page

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