Broadcast can be different from production.
ATSC High-Definition Broadcast Standard
In April 1998 the Federal Communications Commission announced a new digital broadcast standard for the United States. The new standard was developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) and provided specifications for high-definition television and standard definition digital television (SDTV). SDTV is what you see if you have the mini-satellite dish or digital cable at home. The new system will allow a group of standards that can be received and displayed by all digital TV sets. So if you have an SDTV set, it will receive both SDTV and HDTV and show it all in SDTV. If you have an HDTV set, it will also receive and display all of the digital standards. ...
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