Facility for subjective evaluation of advanced television in North America

Canada and the United States hope to introduce an advanced television (ATV) system. However the North American way to attain this objective differs from those adopted in other places in the world. In the United States, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) plans to establish an ATV standard by 1993. The proposals received were divided into two types: simulcast and NTSC compatible. The Advanced Television Test Center (ATTC) created by the broadcasters, is responsible for the objective tests, as well as for the terrestrial (over-the-air) transmission impairment tests and the production of all the test material recordings. Cable Television Laboratories, created by the National Cable Association, will complete all the tests related to cable impairments. Finally the Advanced Television Evaluation Laboratory in Canada is to complete the subjective assessments with non-expert observers