Green light for prototype? (Federal Communications Commission high-definition television advisory committee may approve multi-corporation development of prototype system) (Closed Circuit) (Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, June, 1993

The FCC's HDTV advisory committee may be able to give the grand alliance the green light to build a prototype system by August or September, perhaps even earlier, said Paul Misener, aide to committee chairman Dick Wiley. The committee continues to study the proposal put forward by the alliance last month.

Alliance engineers will meet with the committee in Washington late this month and early next month to discuss details of the plan. Even after it gives the go-ahead, the committee will remain closely involved with the construction of the prototype, which should be in testing early next year. "We very much reserve the right to work with them closely," Misener said.