ATSC 1.0

A/82, Automatic Transmitter Power Control (ATPC) Data Return Link (DRL) Standard

Posted on March 31, 2015 in

This document provides the necessary specifications to construct a Data Return Link (DRL) system for automatic transmitter control (ATPC) applications. This document further specifies the mechanisms necessary for basic identification and power control of TV Broadcast Auxiliary Service (BAS) transmitters, in either an automatic or manual mode. The initial, and default, operating mode is known […]

Read Article »

---

A/81, Direct-To-Home Satellite Broadcast Standard

Posted on March 31, 2015 in

This document describes the emission system for ATSC Direct-to-Home (DTH) Satellite Broadcast System. This specification defines extensions to audio, video, transport, and PSIP subsystems as defined in ATSC Standards A/53 and A/65. The emission system defined in this document includes carriage of data broadcasting as defined in ATSC Standard A/90 without requiring extensions. Furthermore, transmission […]

Read Article »

---

A/76B, Programming Metadata Communication Protocol Standard

Posted on March 31, 2015 in

This standard defines a method for communicating metadata related to PSIP (Program and System Information Protocol), including duplicate data that needs to be entered in other locations in the transport stream. Communication is based on a protocol utilizing XML message documents generated in accordance with a Programming Metadata Communication Protocol (PMCP) XML Schema defined herein. […]

Read Article »

---

A/72 Parts 1 – 3, AVC/MVC Video

Posted on March 31, 2015 in

A/72 Part 1 describes the video coding constraints on ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 (“AVC”) video compression in the ATSC Digital Television System. Download current version: A/72 Part 1:2023-04, “Video System Characteristics of AVC in the ATSC Digital Television System”, 25 April 2023. Download A/72 Part 1:2015, “Video System Characteristics of AVC in the […]

Read Article »

---

A/71, ATSC Parameterized Services Standard

Posted on March 31, 2015 in

This supplementary standard defines a general purpose method to enable announcement of the technical attributes of program elements that must be supported in a receiving device to render programming on a particular virtual channel. It is not a replacement for fully-defined and optimized combinations of program elements defined for a particular service type, such as […]

Read Article »

---

A/70 Parts 1 and 2, Conditional Access System for Terrestrial Broadcast

Posted on March 31, 2015 in

A/70 Part 1 defines the Conditional Access System for ATSC Terrestrial Broadcasting. The necessary building blocks are called out that will enable broadcasters to fully exploit the capabilities of digital broadcasting using ATSC. This standard is based, whenever possible, on existing open standards. Download A/70 Part 1:2010, “Conditional Access System for Terrestrial Broadcast”, approved 30 […]

Read Article »

---

A/65, Program and System Information Protocol for Terrestrial Broadcast and Cable

Posted on March 31, 2015 in

This document defines a standard for System Information (SI) and Program Guide (PG) data compatible with digital multiplex bit streams constructed in accordance with ISO/IEC 13818-1 (MPEG-2 Systems). The document defines the standard protocol for transmission of the relevant data tables contained within packets carried in the transport stream multiplex. The protocol defined herein is […]

Read Article »

---

A/63, Standard For Coding 25/50 Hz Video

Posted on March 31, 2015 in

This document describes the characteristics for the video subsystem of a digital television system operating at 25 Hz and 50 Hz frame rates. Download A/63:1997, “Standard For Coding 25/50 Hz Video”, approved 2 May 1997.

Read Article »

---

A/57B, Content Identification and Labeling for ATSC Transport

Posted on March 31, 2015 in

This document defines means to uniquely identify content (an audiovisual work). It specifies the use of an externally defined identifier, such as ISAN, and it defines an alternative house numbering system. This document also defines the semantics of the use of the MPEG-2 content labeling descriptor for labeling audiovisual content with these identifiers in the […]

Read Article »

---

A/53 Parts 1 – 6, ATSC Digital Television Standard

Posted on March 31, 2015 in

The Digital Television Standard describes the system characteristics of the advanced television (ATV) system. The normative Parts of A/53 provide detailed specification of the parameters of the system, including the video encoder input scanning formats and preprocessing and compression parameters of the video encoder, the audio encoder input signal format and pre-processing and compression parameters […]

Read Article »

---