Mention has been made earlier to the establishment, in July 1940. of the National Television System Committee (NTSC) to formulate standards for black-and-white television that would be acceptable to the television industry. Working with much skill, the Committee achieved a consensus among the disparate interests of the industry and (on 8 March 1941) defined standards that were adopted by the Federal Communica tions Commission. From 1 July 1941 the FCC authorized a public television service. A few months later hostilities commenced between the USA and Japan and. though the NTSC was not disbanded, it was felt that its work on monochrome television had been completed.

Inspec keywords: history; television standards

Other keywords: television industry; standards; public television service; monochrome television; National Television System Committee; black-and-white television; NTSC

Subjects: Other general electrical engineering topics