ATSC News

Industry Media Track ATSC Progress

Posted on December 4, 2013 in ATSC News

ATSC developments are in the news! A number of influential industry publications look to ATSC as the authority on the future of television… –Andrew Dodson from TVNewsCheck.com reports on the new Mobile-EAS Implementation Guide: ATSC Publishes Mobile EAS Implementation Guide “Stations that plan on deploying a mobile emergency alert service have a new handbook to help […]

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2013 In Review

Posted on December 4, 2013 in ATSC News

A BUSY YEAR FOR TV STANDARDS 2013 will be remembered as a very busy year for ATSC, with an active membership focused on improvements to the existing digital TV standard (ATSC 2.0) and looking forward to what will come as television continues to evolve (ATSC 3.0). A look back through the past year of THE […]

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ATSC Establishes Candidate Standard for Interactive TV

Posted on December 4, 2013 in ATSC News

Progress on A/105 Underscores Momentum Behind ATSC 2.0  WASHINGTON, D.C., December 2, 2013 – The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has elevated the A/105 “Interactive Services” system to Candidate Standard.  A key element of the emerging ATSC 2.0 standard, A/105 is designed to enable the marriage of Internet-delivered and broadcast content.   “Candidate Standard” status is […]

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ATSC Board Members Elected

Posted on December 4, 2013 in ATSC News

Godfrey, Eyer and Taylor Begin Terms in January ATSC members have elected three industry executives to serve on our Board of Directors for three-year terms beginning January 2014. Former ATSC Chairman John Godfrey of Samsung Electronics America, whose earlier board term expired a year ago, was elected to serve on the board again. Current board […]

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President’s Memo

Posted on December 4, 2013 in ATSC News

On Gratitude – Reflecting on the past year as we just finished Thanksgiving, it’s easy to look back and be grateful to the many professionals who have given selflessly of their time and talents to make the ATSC stronger and even more relevant to TV broadcasters. Our standards development work continues on parallel paths, and […]

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Ballot Report

Posted on November 7, 2013 in ATSC News

Revisions of two important ATSC standards were approved within the past few days and are now published on the ATSC Web site. Revision of A/90, “ATSC Data Broadcast Standard.” The initial version of A/90 was approved in July 2000. A couple of years later, an amendment and maintenance corrigenda were developed and approved. Last year, […]

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ATSC Onstage at CEA Ultra HD Conference Coming Nov. 12

Posted on November 7, 2013 in ATSC News

Next week, the Consumer Electronics Association and TWICE magazine are staging a Manhattan conference on Ultra High-Definition Television, the consumer-friendly name for 4K displays that are now widely available across the land. ATSC President Mark Richer was invited to be a panelist at the event, which runs from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, […]

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Dolan Named TG1 Chairman

Posted on November 7, 2013 in ATSC News

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2013 Long-time industry expert Michael Dolan has been named Chairman of the ATSC’s Technology and Standards Group 1 (TG1).  Dolan assumes the role on Jan. 1, succeeding Dr. Richard Chernock, Chief Science Officer of Triveni Digital, whose three-year term as TG1 Chairman expires at year-end. Dolan, currently an industry consultant sponsored by […]

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ATSC Issues Dominate 2013 IEEE Broadcast Symposium

Posted on November 7, 2013 in ATSC News

ATSC-related activities were front and center at the 2013 IEEE Broadcast Symposium held on Oct. 9-11 in San Diego. The BTS Administrative Committee decided this year to break with a many decade tradition and move the symposium out of the Washington, DC area, and they will be on the road in the coming years. With […]

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Member Profile: Anthony Vetro, Mitsubishi Electric

Posted on November 7, 2013 in ATSC News

Member Profile When Anthony Vetro started working at Mitsubishi Electric in 1996, he focused primarily on the design of video decoders. At the time, Mitsubishi was working together with Lucent Technologies on developing an integrated HDTV chip set including demodulation, demultiplexer, audio and video decoders and display processing functions (for more information click here). That […]

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