2nd ATSC Next Generation Broadcast Television Symposium at HPA
Time’s running out – – the February 15th ATSC Next Generation Broadcast Television Symposium, held in association with the Hollywood Post Alliance’s annual Technology Retreat. Online registration is closed, but onsite registration is available – make plans today!
February 15th, 2011
Rancho Las Palmas Resort and Spa
Rancho Mirage, CA
The ATSC is looking ahead into the future and asking itself "what comes next?" As a part of this effort, ATSC is sponsoring a Symposium on the Next Generation of Broadcast Television. Topics include advanced modulation techniques, new high-efficiency coding, and the possible future broadcast landscape. The full-day session will explore technologies that are five to ten years on the horizon. Visit www.hpaonline.com to view the preliminary program and additional details.
ATSC at NAB
 The 2010 NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nevada was a huge success for the ATSC, and we’re back again in 2011! The ATSC and NAB are proud to announce two important areas at this year’s show, the ATSC/OMVC Mobile DTV Pavilion and the ATSC TechZone. Spaces are available to member companies who wish to demonstrate ATSC related technologies – contact
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if you are interested in purchasing demonstration space in either of these locations. First come, first serve- contact NAB today!
ATSC TechZone – North Hall adjacent to Mobile DTV Pavilion, Booth N4334
This area will be dedicated to technologies related to new and emerging ATSC standards including Audio Loudness, Non-Real Time, ATSC 2.0, broadcast 3DTV and other areas of interest. ATSC Members are being offered 10x10 pod spaces, including select furnishings, graphics, and extras. Final pricing should be available this week and will be sent out to the membership - Please contact Kelly Alexis to express an interest in this space -
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Mobile DTV Pavilion Sponsored by the ATSC and OMVC – Booth N4036
Located in the North Hall, will Pavilion will be a partnership between the ATSC and the OMVC. Space is currently filled, however, if you would like to be placed on a waitlist please contact Kelly Alexis at NAB –
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ATSC Board of Directors Chairman Elected
The ATSC Board of Directors elected John Godfrey on January 13th to serve as the Chairman of the ATSC Board.
Godfrey is Vice President of Government and Public Affairs for Samsung Information Systems America, a U.S. subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. He directs Samsung's Washington, D.C. activities related to consumer electronics and represents the company in external relations with government and industry, focusing on digital television, broadband, content protection, environment, and other areas.
Godfrey succeeds Wayne Luplow, of LG Electronics’ Zenith R&D Lab, who served as Chairman of the ATSC Board for 2010.
Board members for 2011 are: Lynn Claudy, NAB; Brian Markwalter, CEA; Peter Symes, SMPTE; Andy Scott, NCTA; Jay Adrick, Harris; Victor Tawil, MSTV; John Godfrey, Samsung; Craig Todd, Dolby; Jim Kutzner, PBS; Brett Jenkins, ION Media; John Taylor, LG Electronics USA; Mark Eyer, Sony Electronics; Anthony Caruso, Canadian Broadcasting Corp and Yiyan Wu, IEEE.
2011 ATSC Annual Meeting
 Online Registration for the 2011 ATSC Annual Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, May 10th at the Reagan International Trade Center in Washington, DC is now open!
We are proud to announce Mr. Keiichi Kubota of NHK will be a part of the day’s exciting program. Additional program details will follow in upcoming weeks, so please keep checking back. Please visit the Annual Meeting page to register and view additional information on current sponsors, program additions and more.
Thanks to our current Gold Sponsors: Harris, IEEE BTS, LG Electronics, and Samsung ; and our Silver Sponsors: Ericsson and Thomson.
Interested in sponsoring the Annual Meeting? Contact
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ATSC Membership
In our continual quest for new participants, we’d like to ask current member organizations to encourage non-member companies they may be associated with to join the ATSC – standards work is lead by our active members, and we welcome new faces! For more information on how to join the ATSC, please direct potential new members to the membership area of the ATSC Website.
ATSC Standards... Available in Print!
Recommended Practice 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.
Sponsor the 2011 ATSC People & Progress
The Advanced Television Systems Committee is in the process of creating the 2010-2011 People & Progress Annual Publication. This full color, approximately 20 page “yearbook” will be provided to the entire ATSC membership, as well as outside organizations, and will be used as a recruiting tool for new members into our Standards family - an approximate circulation of 500+.
Feature stories about the past year’s work, as well as updated member lists, organizational charts, many photos, and other vital basic information about the ATSC are included in this publication.
Sponsorship levels available to members include:
Please contact Lindsay Shelton-Gross today to become a sponsor!
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