In response to a fervent request from the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) in the United States, NHK’s high-definition TV system was presented at the society’s Winter Conference in San Francisco. Since it was the first presentation of the high-definition TV system outside Japan, it attracted a number of people from TV and movie related industries, from as far away as Europe. It caused a big sensation. In the following year, demonstrations were also conducted for government agencies in Washington D.C., including the Federal Communication Commission (FCC).