ATSC Receives Proposals For Mobile And Handheld Standard – Press Release

Posted on June 22, 2007 in Press Releases

For Immediate Release

WASHINGTON, June 22, 2007 – The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) is pleased to announce that it has received ten submissions in response to its Request for Proposals (RFP) for its Mobile and Handheld Standard (ATSC-M/H). The ATSC-M/H Standard will enable delivery of television content and data to mobile and handheld devices via broadcast DTV signals. ATSC President Mark Richer stated, “It is exhilarating to see this amount of interest from the industry. We look forward to reviewing all of the submitted proposals for the ATSC-M/H standard.”

The ATSC’s Technology and Standards Group (TSG) issued the RFP on May 21, 2007, encouraging companies to propose specifications to be used for ATSC-M/H.

Preliminary proposals have been received from the following organizations:

Coding Technologies

Coherent Logix, Inc.

DTS, Inc.

LG Electronics and Harris Corporation

Mobile DTV Alliance

Micronas Semiconductor, Inc.

Nokia, Inc.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Rohde & Schwarz, Inc

Thomson, Inc.

QUALCOMM Incorporated

          Detailed descriptions for all submitted proposals are due to ATSC on July 6, 2007.

About ATSC

The Advanced Television Systems Committee is an international, non-profit organization developing voluntary standards for digital television. The ATSC member organizations represent the broadcast, broadcast equipment, motion picture, consumer electronics, computer, cable, satellite and semiconductor industries. The ATSC Digital Television Standard has been adopted in Canada, Mexico, the United States, South Korea and Honduras. For more information, visit atscnextgentv.vp77wsn4-liquidwebsites.com.

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Contact
Lindsay Shelton-Gross, ATSC (202) 872-9160, lsheltongross@atsc.org.

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