Posted on November 23, 2020 in ATSC News
NORFOLK, Va.—NextGen TV is now being transmitted to viewers in the state of Virginia, with the announcement that four stations in the Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News market have launched the next-gen broadcast standard powered by ATSC 3.0. The four stations involved in the launch are WAVY-TV (NBC), WVBT and WNLO-CD (Fox), all of which are owned by […]
Posted on November 23, 2020 in ATSC News
Five Raleigh, N.C., stations — WTVD (ABC), WNCN (CBS), WUVC (Univision), WLFL (CW) and WRDC (MNT) — have begun broadcasting with NextGen TV or ATSC 3.0. Based on the same fundamental technology as the Internet, digital applications and other web services, NextGen TV can support a wide range of features currently in development, such as […]
Posted on November 18, 2020 in ATSC News
The Society of Broadcast Engineers, in its continuing effort to advance its program of certification, has added a new Specialist Certification to its offerings: The ATSC3 Specialist. In addition to various certification levels that require a certain time of professional career experience and cover a broad knowledge base, the SBE offers several Specialist Certifications, each one […]
Posted on November 4, 2020 in ATSC News
WASHINGTON—The Consumer Technology Association has announced the 2021 model year test suite specifications for NextGen TV, a comprehensive collection of tests that manufacturers are required to use in order to use the NEXTGEN TV logo. More than 135 tests covering 150 unique requirements for audio, video, captions, interactivity, service changes and other attributes of ATSC […]
Posted on November 3, 2020 in ATSC News
The 2020 ATSC Next Gen Broadcast Conference was a great success. The late October virtual event demonstrated significant movement in discussions about ATSC 3.0 and NextGen TV. One industry insider characterized this palpable shift very well. ”Every speaker had an active role within an organization that had real ATSC 3.0 projects and investments. Nobody is […]
Posted on November 3, 2020 in ATSC News
The AWARN Alliance, the leading advocate for advanced emergency alerting and information powered by ATSC 3.0, sees Next Gen TV as a game-changer for the broadcast and weather industries. On November 12 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time, the AWARN Alliance will host a unique “Weathernar” webinar that will focus on how ATSC 3.0 is a […]
Posted on November 3, 2020 in ATSC News
ATSC Board Chairman Lynn Claudy has been named SMPTE Fellow by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. He has served on the ATSC Board for many years, serving as Vice-Chair until his election to Chair in January 2019. Claudy is Senior Vice President, Technology, at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB). He joined NAB in […]
Posted on November 3, 2020 in ATSC News
By JEFF BAUMGARTNER Reprinted from Light Reading ATSC 3.0, a new broadcast signaling standard branded as “NextGenTV,” is starting to break away from the TV screen and gain its first foothold on the smartphone. One Media 3.0, a subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcasting, said it has taken possession of its first handful of Android smartphones with […]
Posted on November 3, 2020 in ATSC News
November 2 India Implementation Team TG3 Leadership TG3/S42, Specialist Group on Audio Planning Team 6 – Global Recognition of ATSC 3.0 November 3 Planning Team 4 – Future Broadcast Ecosystem Technologies November 4 TG3/S32, Specialist Group on Physical Layer SFN/STL SG TG3/S38, Specialist Group on Interactive Environment November 5 Planning Team 8 – Core Network […]
Posted on November 3, 2020 in ATSC News
Long-time ATSC sponsor LG Electronics is a global innovator in consumer electronics, mobile communications, home appliances, vehicle components and renewable energy solutions. Zenith (LG’s U.S. R&D subsidiary since 1999), was a founding ATSC member 37 years ago and developed the transmission system at the heart of the A/53 Digital Television Standard (now known as ATSC […]
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