This document provides recommended practices for the conversion of ATSC 3.0 services for redistribution into ATSC 1.0 and other legacy services. Hardware or software products can be built to implement conversions of ATSC 3.0 services and signals to formats suitable for various redistribution systems or over-the-air broadcast translators. Such conversions might require certain methods for physical layer transmission, transport, audio, video, closed captioning, and ancillary data formats.
Download current version: A/370:2025-07, “Conversion of ATSC 3.0 Services for Redistribution”, 17 July 2025.
Previous Versions
There are multiple versions of this document. Please be sure to download the desired version. For amendments, the text includes a list of changes, the rationale for the changes, and compatibility considerations.
Download A/370:2019, “Conversion of ATSC 3.0 Services for Redistribution”, approved 11 December 2019.
Download A/370:2022-03, “Conversion of ATSC 3.0 Services for Redistribution”, 31 March 2022.
Download A/370:2023-03, “Conversion of ATSC 3.0 Services for Redistribution”, 28 March 2023.
Download A/370:2024-04, “Conversion of ATSC 3.0 Services for Redistribution”, 3 April 2024.
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