ATSC Standards Update: Updated Standard Approved and Published
Since the last issue of The Standard newsletter, a revision of A/332, “Service Announcement,” has been published as A/332:2026-08. This document, approved by the ATSC membership on 20 August 2026, includes new schema, which is available on the ATSC Schema Repository.
Ballots in process at this writing were:
- S36-417r4, “ATSC Proposed Recommended Practice: Revision of A/362:2026-04, Digital Rights Management (DRM)” This ballot of the ATSC membership closes on 18 September 2026.
- S34-463r7, “ATSC Proposed Standard: Revision of A/343:2026-04, Captions and Subtitles.” This document was approved by TG3 in a ballot that closed on 3 September 2026. Comments were received during the ballot and resolution is pending.
All ATSC ballots open at 6:00 p.m. ET and close at 11:59 p.m. ET on the closing date. Notification of an open ballot is sent to all voting-eligible members when the ballot opens. Reminders are issued to voters who have not yet voted one week before the close date and again one business day before the close date. ATSC staff sends a notification of ballot results on the next business day following the close of the ballot.
ATSC staff are available to answer any questions that members may have on voting.
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