Originally posted by: digitalfreaknyc
Europe is broadcasting in 1080p instead of 1080i?

American ATSC includes 1080p too. Look at the ATSC A/53E Digital Television Standard at http://www.atsc.org/standards/a53.html - table A3 Compression Format Constraints includes 1920 by 1080 progressive at 23.976 Hz, 24 Hz, 29.97 Hz, and 30 Hz. Doesn't get much more progressive than that. Every ATSC tuner has to support those. Since I have no access to actual ATSC transmissions, I can't say how often it is used, but there is absolutely no reason to transmit film content as interlaced 1920x1080.