Ballot Report

Posted on April 2, 2014 in ATSC News

New TG1 Ballots Pending

Three new TG1 ballots, including advancement of two Candidate Standards to Proposed Standard status, were authorized by the Technology and Standards Group at the March 13 meeting and will be issued in early April:

• A/72 Part 3 – “Candidate Standard: Video and Transport Subsystem Characteristics of MVC for 3D-TV Broadcast in the ATSC Digital Television System.” This document was previously approved by TG1 as a Candidate Standard and posted on the ATSC web site. Additional work in TG1/S12 resulted in a modified document, which has been approved for ballot as a Proposed Standard. A/72 Part 3 describes the video coding constraints on Annex H of ITU-T Rec. H.264 | ISO/IEC 14496-10 (“MVC”) video compression and the transport of the MVC video streams for 3D-TV broadcast in the ATSC Digital Television System.

• A/104 Part 3 – “Candidate Standard: 3DTV Terrestrial Broadcasting, Part 3 – Frame Compatible Coding and Multi-Resolution Frame Compatible Stereo Coding Using Real-Time Delivery.” This was approved by TG1 as a Candidate Standard in March 2013 and has been posted on the ATSC web site since then. TG1/S12 developed updates to the document, and at the March 13 meeting TG1 authorized issuance of a ballot on the updated document as a Proposed Standard. A/104 Part 3 provides detailed specification of the parameters of the Frame Compatible 3D-TV system using Real-Time delivery, and the Multi-Resolution Frame Compatible 3D-TV system using Real-Time delivery. This Part includes the video encoder input scanning formats, and the service multiplex and transport layer characteristics and normative specifications.

• A/104 Part 1 – “Working Draft: 3D-TV Terrestrial Broadcasting Part 1.” This document and its normative Parts provide detailed specification of the parameters of the 3D system, including the video encoder input scanning formats and characteristics of the service multiplex and transport layers. Documentation of the ATSC 3D standard consists of this Part and several related Parts. Part 1 provides a general system overview, a list of reference documents, and sections relating to the system as a whole. The 3D-TV system is modular in concept, with the specifications for each of the modules contained in other Parts.

These TG1 ballots, which will be issued in early April, will all be four week ballots, which is the default ballot period at the Technology Group and Membership level. Prior to issuance of the TG1 ballots, an updated Voting Eligibility List will be developed and posted to TG1. Only members with voting eligibility may cast ballots at the Technology Group level. Voting eligibility rules can be found in Section 10.8 of the ATSC Bylaws, which can be found on the ATSC web site.

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