The ITU Radiocommunication Assembly considering a) that the rapid increase of introduction of computer technologies in TV broadcasting applications; b) that digital techniques are in wide use and that video signals in digital form facilitate their processing by general purpose computer hardware; c) that general purpose computers are a potentially low-cost tool for processing video data; d) that different parameters are used in computer and television displays (e.g. pixels/line, field rate, aspect ratio, colorimetry and blanking); e) that there exist Recommendations for the digital representation of SDTV and HDTV signals (e.g. Recommendations ITU-R BT.601, ITU-R BT.656, ITU-R BT.709 and ITU-R BT.1120); f) that the ITU-R is studying the harmonization of standards of TV systems for broadcast and non-broadcast use; g) that studies on digital broadcasting systems including interactive applications are being conducted in the ITU-R; h) that the harmonization of displays for both television and computers is being considered in some areas; j) that the use of improved TV displays is being considered at various levels of the computer industry; k) that the future television receiver will be designed to have intelligent features.