The appeals board of the nonprofit American...

The appeals board of the nonprofit American National Standards Institute voted to turn down an appeal, led by Capital Cities-ABC Inc., that said the decision on a standard for producing high-definition television and movies was made without adequate consensus of interested parties. The board’s action means that the new standard is the one proposed by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. It prescribes 1,125 horizontal lines per screen, more than twice as many as on today’s televisions. A decision on a broadcast standard will be made by the Federal Communications Commission.