  thumb|right|thumb|upright=1.2|television encoding systems by nation; countries using the ntsc system are shown in green. ntsc, named after the national television system committee,national television system committee (1951â1953), [report and reports of panel no. 11, 11-a, 12-19, with some supplementary references cited in the reports, and the petition for adoption of transmission standards for color television before the federal communications commission, n.p., 1953], 17 v. illus., diagrs., tables. 28 cm. lc control no.:54021386 library of congress online catalog is the analog television system that was used in most of the americas (except brazil, argentina, paraguay, uruguay and french guiana); burma; south korea; taiwan; japan; the philippines; and some pacific island nations and territories (see map). most countries using the ntsc standard, as well as those using other analog television standards, have switched to newer digital television standards, there being at least four different standards in use around the world. north america, parts of central america, and south korea are adopting the atsc standards, while other countries are adopting or have adopted other standards. this standard is slowly being replaced by hdtv. the first ntsc standard was developed in 1941 and had no provision for color television. in 1953 a second ntsc standard was adopted, which allowed for color television broadcasting which was compatible with the existing stock of black-and-white receivers. ntsc was the first widely adopted broadcast color system and remained dominant until the first decade of the 21st century, when it was replaced with digital atsc. after nearly 70&nbsp;years, the majority of over-the-air ntsc transmissions in the united states ceased on june 12, 2009,digital television. fcc.gov. retrieved on 2014-05-11. and by august 31, 2011,dtv and over-the-air viewers along u.s. borders. fcc.gov. retrieved on 2014-05-11. in canada and most other ntsc markets. the majority of ntsc transmissions ended in japan on july 24, 2011, while mexico completed their transition in 2012, the same year as the cessation if ntsc broadcasts in the japanese prefectures of iwate, miyagi, and [[fukushima prefecture|fukushim
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