They also want the agency to move faster to impose technical standards allowing easier coordination between digital broadcasters and cable companies.

Let digital broadcasters experiment with the medium.

Other digital broadcasters also had antennas on the top of the mountain, but spillover from the competing signals caused problems.

In recent years, Medress had worked as a consultant for SoundExchange, an agency that collects royalties from digital broadcasters, like satellite and Internet radio.

The new digital broadcaster was launched on 15 November 1998, with a lineup of 18 channels, including many channels developed in-house by Carlton and Granada.

But by far, the most closely watched issue concerned the application of the so-called must-carry rule to digital broadcasters.

Just a handful of cable systems currently offer broadcasters' digital and high-definition feeds.

Subscribing to either does not guarantee you will also receive broadcasters' digital feeds if and when they become available.

US sitcoms have been common on the three commercial networks, general entertainment cable/satellite networks like Fox8, and over-the-air digital broadcasters.

The plan is limited to analog broadcasters, but could be applied to emerging digital broadcasters later.