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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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DTV TRANSITION – JUNE 12, 2009
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The ATSC congratulates all our member organizations involved in today's digital television transition for the U.S. |
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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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ATSC WELCOMES EL SALVADOR TO LIST OF ADOPTERS
The Advanced Television Systems Committee is pleased to announce the country of El Salvador has adopted the ATSC Digital Television Standard for digital terrestrial television broadcasting. The decision in El Salvador, adopted April 22, was based on a technical report issued by the Telecommunications Bureau of SIGET on April 4, which in turn relied on recommendations issued in March 2008 by the Central American Regional Technical Commission of Telecommunications (COMTELCA) in a report "Basic Recommendations for the Implementation of Digital Television Broadcasting in Central America."
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ATSC MOBILE DTV PAVILION AT NAB2009
ATSC and Member Companies Demonstrate Mobile Technologies
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 17, 2009 - The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) will host the Mobile DTV Pavilion, featuring new technologies, products and systems for implementation of the ATSC Mobile DTV Candidate Standard. The Pavilion will be showcased at the world&'s largest electronic media show; NAB2009, April 20-23 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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ATSC's NEWEST RECOMMENDED PRACTICE HAS BEEN PUBLISHED
A/79 - Conversion of ATSC Signals for Distribution to NTSC Viewers is now available.
This Recommended Practice provides guidance to broadcasters and other creators of ATSC high-definition (HD) or standard-definition (SD) content and to the operators of Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (MVPD) systems (such as cable or direct to home satellite). It recommends the equipment capabilities needed to provide the highest quality programming to viewers who only receive NTSC services.
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PRESS RELEASE - ATSC APPROVES MOBILE & HANDHELD CANDIDATE STANDARD
ATSC DTV Moves into High Gear with Mobile and Handheld Specifications
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 01, 2008 - The Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc. (ATSC) has elevated its specification for Mobile Digital Television to Candidate Standard status. The new Mobile DTV Candidate Standard provides the technical capabilities necessary for broadcasters' to provide new services to mobile and handheld devices using their digital television transmissions. ATSC Mobile DTV includes a highly robust transmission system based on vestigial sideband (VSB) modulation coupled with a flexible and extensible IP based transport, efficient MPEG AVC (H.264) video and HE AAC v2 audio (ISO/IEC 14496-3) coding.
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