A/333, “Service Usage Reporting”

Posted on January 5, 2017 in

The normative portions of this document define a standard for service usage reporting for ATSC 3.0. Download current version: A/333:2024-04, “Service Usage Reporting”, 3 April 2024. This version of the Standard is normatively referenced in A/300:2024-04. Previous Versions There are multiple versions of this document. Please be sure to download the desired version. For amendments, […]

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A/343, “Captions and Subtitles”

Posted on December 22, 2016 in

This standard defines the required technology for closed caption and subtitle tracks over ROUTE-DASH and MMT transports. This includes the content essence and the packaging and timing. Download current version: A/343:2024-04, “Captions and Subtitles”, 3 April 2024. This version of the Standard is normatively referenced in A/300:2024-04. Previous Versions There are multiple versions of this […]

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A/330, “Link-Layer Protocol”

Posted on October 3, 2016 in

This standard defines the ATSC Link-Layer Protocol (ALP). ALP corresponds to the data link layer in the OSI 7-layer model. ALP provides a path to deliver IP packets, link layer signaling packets, and MPEG-2 Transport Stream (TS) packets down to the RF Layer and back, after reception. ALP also optimizes the proportion of useful data […]

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A/322, “Physical Layer Protocol”

Posted on October 3, 2016 in

This Standard describes the RF/Transmission of a physical layer waveform. This waveform enables flexible configurations of physical layer resources to target a variety of operating modes. The intent is to signal the applied technologies and allow for future technology adaptation. Download current version: A/322:2024-04, “Physical Layer Protocol”, 3 April 2024. This version of the Standard […]

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A/335, “Video Watermark Emission”

Posted on September 13, 2016 in

The video watermark technology described in this document provides the capability to robustly embed ancillary data in the transmitted pixels of a video signal. It is intended to provide a data path for its ancillary data payload that can readily survive changes in video compression data rate, transcoding to other video compression codecs, and delivery […]

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A/334, “Audio Watermark Emission”

Posted on September 13, 2016 in

This document specifies the VP1 audio watermark for use with systems conforming to the ATSC 3.0 family of specifications. The document specifies the format in which the audio watermark resides in a PCM audio signal. Emission by a broadcaster of the audio watermark is optional. Download current version: A/334:2024-04, “Audio Watermark Emission”, 3 April 2024. This […]

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A/321, “System Discovery and Signaling”

Posted on March 24, 2016 in

This document describes the system discovery and signaling architecture for the ATSC 3.0 physical layer. Broadcasters anticipate providing multiple wireless-based services, in addition to conventional broadcast television in the future. Such services may be time-multiplexed together within a single RF channel. The bootstrap provides a universal entry point into a broadcast waveform. The bootstrap employs […]

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A/105, Interactive Services Standard

Posted on November 6, 2015 in

This standard describes the ATSC Interactive Services Standard (ISS). The Interactive Services system allows the broadcaster to connect broadcast programming with additional services related to that programming. Central to this system are Declarative Objects (DOs) providing the user’s interactive experience. Changes to the life-cycle state of Declarative Objects (for example to launch or kill a […]

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A/107, ATSC 2.0 Standard

Posted on November 6, 2015 in

This document is a top-level specification of the ATSC 2.0 fixed-broadcast digital television services, which augment the digital television services defined in ATSC A/53. As a top-level document this standard references other ATSC standards as well as standards developed by other organizations. Download A/107:2015, “ATSC 2.0 Standard”, approved 15 June 2015.

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A/106, ATSC Security and Service Protection Standard

Posted on October 1, 2015 in

This document defines the security and service protection systems for ATSC 2.0 broadcasting. The necessary building blocks are called out that will enable broadcasters to fully exploit the capabilities of digital broadcasting using ATSC 2.0. This standard is based, whenever possible, on existing open standards. Download A/106:2015, “ATSC Security and Service Protection Standard”, approved 28 […]

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