Posted on November 1, 2016 in ATSC News
The first live ATSC 3.0 broadcast of a major pro sporting event – Major League Baseball’s 2016 World Series – was a home run. Using the newly-standardized A/322 Physical Layer ATSC 3.0 Standard, Channel 31 in Cleveland transmitted simulcast network and local programming from Fox8 as the American League’s Cleveland Indians hosted the National League’s Chicago Cubs.
Posted on November 1, 2016 in ATSC News
November 14 is the deadline for interested parties to respond to the ATSC’s Request for Information (RFI) related to the development of Conformance Test Suite Development and Conformity Assessment programs to support ATSC 3.0 implementation.
Posted on November 1, 2016 in ATSC News
IEEE: Congratulations to ATSC Vice Chairman Lynn Claudy for receiving the IEEE’s 2016 Jules Cohen Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award. Claudy, senior vice president of technology at the NAB, was recognized in October at the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society Symposium for “his outstanding broadcast engineering work that is exceptional in integrity, professionalism, quality, thoroughness, reach and […]
Posted on November 1, 2016 in ATSC News
A comprehensive planning guide to help broadcasters make the transition to ATSC 3.0 is now available. The handiwork of a group of leading broadcasters and equipment manufacturers, the new Next Gen TV “Transition and Deployment Guide” was developed to provide detailed information for use by station management and engineers to move to ATSC 3.0
Posted on November 1, 2016 in ATSC News
When broadcasters, investors and other key stakeholders gather in Manhattan at the 2016 NAB Show New York Nov. 9-10, they’ll get an earful on next-gen broadcasting enabled by the ATSC 3.0 suite of standards. A companion “TV2020” conference entirely devoted to “Monetizing ATSC 3.0” and produced by TVNewsCheck.com runs all day on Thursday, Nov. 10.
Posted on November 1, 2016 in ATSC News
The third ATSC 3.0 Physical Layer “Plug Fest,” held in Jeju, South Korea last month yielded solid results, according to Plug Fest Co-Chair Lachlan Michael of Sony. Five modulators and four demodulators completed more than 350 tests, including completely new tests not done before in Plug Fests#1 or #2.
Posted on November 1, 2016 in ATSC News
Matt Goldman has been involved with ATSC for two decades and dealing with ATSC 3.0 since its inception. He is perhaps best-known in ATSC circles as the co-creator of PSIP, the Program and System Information Protocol that replaced the simplistic “Program Paradigm” with a robust program discovery and tuning mechanism for the ATSC A/53 Digital TV Standard (now referred to as ATSC 1.0).
Posted on November 1, 2016 in ATSC News
Long-time ATSC sponsor LG Electronics is a $50-billion global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, mobile communications and home appliances, employing 77,000 people working in 125 locations around the world. Zenith (LG’s U.S. R&D subsidiary since 1999) was a founding ATSC member three decades ago.
Posted on October 10, 2016 in Press Releases
Goal is to Assure Quality Consumer Experience, Interoperability Between Next-Gen Receivers and Broadcast Content WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 2016 – The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) related to the development of Conformance Test Suite Development and Conformity Assessment programs to support the implementation of the ATSC 3.0 next-generation television […]
Posted on October 5, 2016 in Press Releases
Latest ATSC 3.0 Standards Transport Bits, Manage Content Watermarks; Other Ingredients Moving Rapidly through Standardization Steps WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2016 – The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has standardized three more components of the next-generation television system that is expected to transform the ability of broadcasters to deliver mobile, interactivity and higher quality content. ATSC members […]
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