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To: Raymund W who wrote (34850)	8/2/1998 2:20:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

The US road to Digital TV crosses borders............... Digital Broadcast Deal Reached Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States entered into separate agreements with Mexico and Canada that remove a regulatory obstacle for stations in Los Angeles, New York and other top markets to air higher quality digital broadcasts. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Bill Kennard announced the agreements on Friday. Five Los Angeles TV stations are affected under a memorandum of understanding Kennard signed Thursday with Mexico's Secretariat of Communications and Transportation. And, 17 stations in New York, Boston, Chicago and Detroit are covered under a series of agreements the FCC has made with Canada over the last few weeks. Before broadcasting in digital, these border stations needed an agreement with Mexican and Canadian regulators that their signals would not interfere with broadcasts in those countries. The FCC said the agreement will permit the U.S. stations to meet the commission's deadlines for beginning digital broadcasts. The agreement will "bring the benefits of DTV to consumers quickly," Kennard said. In Los Angeles, KABC-TV, KTLA-TV and KNBC-TV plan to start their digital broadcasts in November. KCBS-TV and KTTV-TV are required by the FCC to begin on May 1, 1999. The 17 stations covered under the Canadian agreements are slated to begin airing some digital broadcasts this fall and on May 1, 1999. A list of these stations was not immediately available from the FCC. Additional agreements, however, will be necessary to cover other U.S. stations on the Canadian border which will begin airing digital TV at a later date, FCC officials said.