# Broadcast Services; Television Broadcast Stations; TV Transmission Standards
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule. · Published 1997-03-25 · Effective 1997-05-27 · 62 FR 14006
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-7368
- **Category:** broadcasting
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 14006
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 73
- **Publication date:** 1997-03-25
- **Effective date:** 1997-05-27
- **FCC docket:** MM Docket No. 87-268, FCC 96-493
## Abstract

This document amends the Commission's Rules by adding a transmission standard for digital broadcast television signals. This action is necessary to ensure that the benefits of digital technology are available to terrestrial television broadcasting and to the American public. The intended effect of this action is to provide the certainty that many broadcasters, equipment manufacturers and consumers need to invest in new technology.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/03/25/97-7368/broadcast-services-television-broadcast-stations-tv-transmission-standards)
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