ATSC News
APTS Honors Outgoing Leader Pat Butler with Lifetime Achievement Award, and Recognizes Lonna Thompson with Champion of Public Broadcasting Award
Two very familiar leaders in the public broadcasting sector won recognition this past week as America’s Public TV Stations (APTS) met for their annual gathering in Washington. America’s Public Television Stations (APTS) has presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to Patrick Butler, president and chief executive officer of APTS. Rarely awarded, the APTS Lifetime Achievement Award […]
ATSC 3.0 NextGenTV OTA TV Makes Changes to Help DVRs
For months now, ATSC 3.0 has had a serious issue with DRM, preventing it from being able to work with network DVRs like the Tablo or HDHomeRun. This meant if a channel had DRM on it you wouldn’t be able to stream it over your home network through a DVR. Now, though, the team behind […]
President’s Memo: ATSC is Swimming Like a Duck
Have you ever watched a duck swim? By all outwards appearances, they appear calm, collected, just swimming along. But beneath the surface, they are paddling their feet at a feverish pace just to keep going. And, that my friends, is ATSC right now! We have just completed another amazingly successful show at CES 2024 and […]
(TV Tech): ChannelMaster.com Now Shipping Zinwell NextGen TV Receiver
WASHINGTON—Channel Master has begun shipping the new Zinwell NextGen TV receiver, adding the latest option for members of the public wishing to benefit from many of the features of ATSC 3.0 while continuing to use their existing televisions. Pearl TV, a business organization consisting of eight television station groups backing NextGen TV, expects the receiver […]
(TV Tech): Chicago Television Stations Launch NextGen TV Services
CHICAGO—Viewers in America’s third-largest television market now have access to NextGen TV with the launch of ATSC 3.0 broadcasts by five Chicago stations. The launch makes Chicago the latest large market to begin offering NextGen TV, aka ATSC 3.0, broadcasts in recent months. It follows the launch of services in New York in October, the […]
(Radio Jamaica News): RJRGLEANER Group to install additional transmitters for Next Gen TV transition
The RJRGLEANER Communications Group has announced that it will install additional transmitters for the introduction of its Next Generation TV system. The Group, of which Radio Jamaica is a member, says in addition to the transmitters erected in Kingston and Montego Bay, other sites will be added this year. At the end of the ATSC […]
(TV Tech): 100+ NextGen TV Products Will Be Available to Consumers in 2024
LAS VEGAS—In the run-up to the start of CES2024, the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has announced that another prominent television manufacturer is joining the NextGen TV bandwagon, with TCL planning new TV models equipped with integrated NextGen TV capability. The group also reported that more than 100 NextGen TV products will be available for […]
ATSC Standards Update: Three New Documents Published
Since the last issue of The Standard newsletter, three new documents have been approved and will be published soon on the ATSC web site — A/336:2024-02, A/344:2024-02, and A/362:2024-02. A/336:2024-02, “Content Recovery in Redistribution Scenarios,” includes a recently passed amendment titled, “Improved Timeline Recovery.” This amendment, approved by the ATSC membership on 15 February 2024, […]
Someone You Should Know: Paul J. Hearty, PhD, Samsung Research America
ATSC recently sat down with Paul J. Hearty, PhD, Chief Standards Strategist, Digital Media Systems at Samsung Research America, to discuss his role in ATSC. Dr. Hearty was recently elected to serve on the ATSC Board of Directors. Paul, give us a snapshot of what you do in your day to day. I lead a […]
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