Fall Events and Seminars

Have you checked out the ATSC schedule of seminars and events? It’s going to be a busy Autumn – please visit our website and register for the following upcoming happenings!

ATSC Fall 2010 Mobile DTV Seminar
Thursday October 7, 2010 - 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Wiley Rein Conference Center - 1776 K St NW Washington, DC 20006

More information, including online registration and a newly updated preliminary agenda, are available online.

Thanks to our current sponsors, Axel Technologies, DTV Interactive, LG Electronics, Linear Acoustic, and Rohde & Schwarz. Sponsorships are still available! Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information.

ATSC Mobile DTV Webinar
Cohosted by ATSC & SBE
Thursday, September 23rd - 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET
SBE and/or ATSC Members: $39; Non-Members: $55

Register online today!

ATSC Symposium on Next Generation Broadcast Television
Tuesday October 19, 2010 - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Westin Alexandria Hotel – 400 Courthouse Square Alexandria, VA 22314

More information, including online registration and a newly updated preliminary agenda, are available online.

Please note that hotel rooms are available for Monday Oct. 18th at a discount price on a first-come, first-served basis– please contact the Westin Hotel at 703-253-8600 as soon as possible for reservations. The last day for reservations is September 18th, 2010!

Thanks to our current sponsors, IEE BTS, LG Electronics, Sony, Dolby, and Ericsson. Sponsorships are still available! Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information.

ATSC Dues Change

It’s been ten years…

The ATSC Board of Directors has approved a modest increase in membership dues. This is the first increase in dues since 2001. The new dues structure will go into effect with payment of the 2011 dues. The new rates for Voting Class Members are as follows:

The complete Dues Structure and Policy (including Observer Class Member dues rates) can be found at the ATSC Web Site.

Scalable Full Channel Mobile Mode Candidate Standard

TSG has approved a Candidate Standard which provides an extension to the ATSC Mobile DTV system that enables use of increased channel capacity for mobile services. This work is intended to add increased capacity in a scalable manner up to complete channel bandwidth usage. The Scalable Full-Channel Mobile Mode (SFCMM) technology will provide additional operational options for use of A/153. SFCMM is described in three documents, as listed below. The Candidate Standard period is scheduled to end on 9 February 2011, unless otherwise extended by TSG.

The scope of PT-3 is as follows:

• Amendment No. 1 to Extend A/153 Part 1 to Add SFCMM
  9 August 2010 Download PDF file
• Amendment No 1 to Extend A/153 Part 2 to Add SFCMM
  9 August 2010 Download PDF file
• Amendment No. 1 to Extend A/153 Part 3 to Add SFCMM
  9 August 2010 Download PDF file

The 2011 ATSC Annual Meeting

Planning is already underway for the 2011 ATSC Annual Meeting, traditionally scheduled for the month of May. If you know of any major industry conflicts during the early/mid-May timeframe, please let us know!

ATSC Membership – Recruiting Continues

In our continuing quest for new participants to join in on the important work of the ATSC, we’d like to ask current member organizations to encourage non-member companies they may be associated with to join. Our appreciation of the work done by our current members goes without saying, but we always welcome new faces!

For more information on how to join, please direct potential new members to the ATSC Website.

ATSC Annual Meeting

The Advanced Television Systems Committee has issued an annual brochure, People & Progress. The publication was distributed at the ATSC Annual Meeting in May. If you were unable to attend the meeting and would like this mailed to your attention, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

ATSC Standards... Available in Print!

Recommeded Paractice A/74 has been added to the ATSC online store. Just follow the links to purchase full color professionally bound copies of recommended practices A/74 and A/85 and the Mobile DTV standard A/153. We hope to add additional standards documents for purchase in the upcoming weeks.

Save your printer ink and instead, buy a copy for the low prices listed online.

All standards and recommended practices will remain available for download at the ATSC website.