PAL, short for Phase Alternating Line, is an analog color television encoding system used in broadcast television systems in many countries. Other common analogue television systems are SECAM and NTSC. This page primarily discusses the colour encoding system. See the articles on broadcast television systems and analogue television for additional discussion of fr a me rates, image resolution and audio modulation. For discussion of the 625-line / 50 field (25 fr a me) per second television standard, see 576i.