8VSB

8-Level Vestigial Sideband Modulation

ATSC

Advanced Television Systems Committee

AWRT

American Women in Radio and Television

CAB

Cable Advertising Bureau

CAB

Canadian Association of Broadcasters

CEA

Consumer Electronics Association

COFDM

Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing

COLRAM

Committee on Local Radio Audience Measurement

COLTAM

Committee on Local Television Audience Measurement

CRTC

Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission

DAB

Digital Audio Broadcasting

DBS

Direct Broadcast Satellite

DTV

Digital Television

IBOC

In-Band On-Channel radio

LCCR

Leadership Conference on Civil Rights

LMA

Local Market Agreement

LPM

Local People Meter

LPTV

Low Power Television

MPAA

Motion Picture Association of America

MRC

Media Ratings Council

MSO

Multi-System Operator

MSRC

Media Security and Reliability Council

NAB

National Association of Broadcasters

NABEF

National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation

NABOB

National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters

NABPAC

National Association of Broadcasters Political Action Committee

NASA

Network Affiliated Stations Alliance

NASBA

National Alliance of State Broadcast Associations

NATPE

National Association of Television Program Executives

NCTA

National Cable & Telecommunications Association

NTIA

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

NTSC

National Television Systems Committee

PPM

Portable People Meter

PSIP

Program and System Information Protocol

PTAR

Prime Time Access Rule

PTC

Parents Television Council

RAB

Radio Advertising Bureau

RIAA

Recording Industry Association of America

RTDNA

Radio Television Digital News Association

SBCA

Satellite Broadcast Communication Association

SBE

Society of Broadcast Engineers

SMPTE

Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers

TVB

Television Bureau of Advertising

WIPO

World Intellectual Property Organization