This document is intended to provide general background information concerning the broadcast industry’s transition to digital television and a generic technical and operational checklist to assist television broadcasters and cable operators in preparing for coordination efforts to help facilitate the digital transition, and prepare for carriage of digital broadcast signals post transition.

This document is a joint venture of the following organizations:

• National Cable & Telecommunications Association
• Association for Maximum Service Television, Inc.
• American Cable Association
• National Association of Broadcasters
• National Cable Television Cooperative, Inc.
• Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers