NEWS                                              November 25,
1996



STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN REED HUNDT
          REGARDING AGREEMENT ON DTV STANDARD


     Our goal has been to trust the market, not government, to
define the digital television
of the future.  Today's agreement is wholly welcome.  It
eliminates needless government
regulation on technical issues better left to the marketplace to
decide.  The agreement will be
great for the now brighter future of DTV.  Broadcasters, consumer
electronics
manufacturers, and our world class computer industry, working
together, can start planning
huge new worlds and uses of TV in the digital age.

     I congratulate the members of these industries for the hard
work and dedication that
led to today's breakthrough development.


  -FCC-