HDTV advisory committee to consider job creation. (selection of high-definition television system standard will take American job creation into account)

Broadcasting & Cable, May, 1993 by Scully, Sean

Will send questionnaire to system developers The FCC's HDTV advisory committee has agreed to look at job creation when picking an HDTV broadcast standard. Advisory Committee Chairman Richard Wiley said at the NAB convention in Las Vegas last week that he will distribute a detailed questionnaire to all three HDTV developers to assess how many American jobs each would create if its system were selected.

Wiley said the questionnaire will be distributed when testing of the various systems begins on May 24. The questionnaire will deal with the whole manufacturing process, from where components are manufactured to where the sets will be assembled. He said he has not decided whether to include subcontractors. Some people have questioned whether...

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