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ATSC APPROVES RECOMMENDED PRACTICE ON AUDIO LOUDNESS - PRESS RELEASE

Committee Hosts Related Seminar

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5, 2009 – The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) is pleased to announce the approval of the ATSC Recommended Practice: Techniques for Establishing and Maintaining Audio Loudness for Digital Television. The ballot was approved by the ATSC membership on November 4, 2009; the same day the ATSC hosted a seminar on the topic of Audio Loudness at the Wiley Rein Conference Center in Washington, DC.

The Recommended Practice (RP) provides guidance to broadcasters and creators of audio for highdefinition (HD) or standard-definition (SD) television content, and also recommends production, distribution, and transmission practices needed to provide the highest quality audio soundtracks to the digital television audience. The document focuses on audio measurement, production and postproduction monitoring techniques, and methods to effectively control loudness for content delivery or exchange. Additionally, the RP recommends methods to effectively control program-to-interstitial loudness, discusses metadata systems and use, and describes modern dynamic range control. It also includes specific information on loudness management at the boundaries of programs and interstitial content.

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ATSC ADOPTS MOBILE DIGITAL TV STANDARD - PRESS RELEASE

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2009 – The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) is pleased to announce the approval of A/153 ATSC Mobile DTV Standard. The ballot, tallied at midnight Oct. 15, was approved with overwhelming support by the full ATSC membership.

The ATSC Mobile DTV Standard defines the technical specifications necessary for broadcasters to provide new services to mobile and handheld devices using their digital television (DTV) transmissions. The new services for mobile and handheld devices are carried along with current DTV services without any adverse impact on legacy receiving equipment. ATSC Mobile DTV was developed to support a variety of services including free (advertiser-supported) television and interactive services delivered in real-time, subscription-based TV, and file-based content download for playback at a later time. The standard can also be used for transmission of new data broadcasting services.

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ATSC HOSTS SEMINAR ON AUDIO LOUDNESS - NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Seminar Announced: On Wednesday, November 4, 2009; the Advanced Television Systems Committee will host a full-day seminar on the topic of Audio Loudness.

The seminar will be held at the Wiley Rein Conference Center at 1776 K St NW, Washington, DC, from 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM. For more information please refer to the link below or read the complete press release.

To view several of the presentations visit the audio seminar page. Each presentation is linked to its associated presenter.

ATSC SALUTES THE ‘PASSING’ OF NTSC - PRESS RELEASE

Industry Leaders Welcome the All-Digital Broadcasting Age

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 12, 2009 - On June 12, 2009, over a half-century of over-the-air analog television transmission signals in the United States came to an end. NTSC analog television was 68 years old.

The first black-and-white standard for broadcast was born in March 1941 when the new standard developed by the National Television System Committee (NTSC) was adopted by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In 1942, W.R.G. Baker noted in the foreword of Television Standards and Practice, "The National Television System Committee contrived to be and, in retrospect, most happily shows itself to have been composed of the best engineering brains and experience organized to develop a sincere scientific opinion for presentation to a national regulating body of great and soundly administered power."

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2009 BERNARD J. LECHNER OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTOR AWARD

ATSC Honors Wayne E. Bretl

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 18, 2009 - Wayne E. Bretl of LG Electronics has been honored by the Advanced Television Systems Committee Inc. (ATSC) as the 2009 recipient of the Bernard J. Lechner Outstanding Contributor Award. The presentation was made May 14 at the St. Louis Four Seasons Hotel, during the ATSC Annual Meeting.

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