Several systems were proposed as the new standard for the US, including the Japanese MUSE system, but all were rejected by the FCC because of <answer>their higher bandwidth requirements</answer>. At this time, the number of television channels was growing rapidly and bandwidth was already a problem. A new standard had to be more efficient, needing less bandwidth for HDTV than the existing NTSC.
Why did the FCC reject systems such as MUSE?
their higher bandwidth requirements