ATSC Standards Update

Posted on March 1, 2012 in ATSC News

Here are recent updates at the Technology & Standards Group (TG1) level:

–Non-Real-Time Content Delivery.

This Candidate Standard was elevated to Proposed Standard by TG1 on January 31, 2012. Comments were received during the ballot and are being resolved in the S13-1 AHG.

–Working Draft Corrigenda to A/85, “Techniques for Establishing and Maintaining Audio Loudness for Digital Television.”

This TG1 ballot closed on February 1, 2012. The corrigendum clarified that BS.1770-1 is the loudness measurement algorithm recommended by A/85, to the exclusion of BS.1770-2.  The corrigendum was rejected.

–Working Draft Revision of A/52, “Digital Audio Compression (AC-3, E-AC-3).”

This TG1 ballot closed on February 1, 2012. It was approved. Comments were
received during the ballot and resolved. The document is now at a ballot of
the full ATSC Membership. The ballot closes on March 23, 2012.

–A/153 Part 7 Amendment, “AVC and SVC Video System Characteristics.”

The purpose of this amendment is to add additional video coding options to Part 7. The ballot closes on March 8, 2012.

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