The ITU Radiocommunication Assembly considering a) that Satellite News Gathering (SNG) using portable transmitting earth stations is essential for broadcast operations and provides a valuable method of transmission for the rapid acquisition and broadcasting of news events; b) that to facilitate the international coverage of news and to optimize the design of equipment, it would be desirable to adopt uniform technical standards for digital SNG, taking into account the possibility for interference to other satellites and systems and the need to be interoperable.