The accomplishment of a compatible color television system within a 6 MHz bandwidth is a tribute to the skill and ingenuity of the electronics industry. The proposed color television signal specifications produce a reasonably satisfactory picture with a good overall picture quality. The quality of the picture is not appreciably marred by such defects as misregistration, line crawl, jitter or unduly prominent dot structure. The picture is sufficiently bright to permit a satisfactory contrast range under favourable ambient light and is capable of being viewed in the home without objectionable flicker. Color pictures can be transmitted satisfactorily over existing inter-city relay facilities and improvements in inter-city relay facilities may be reasonably anticipated.