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A Word From Our Sponsor : American Tower
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President’s Memo: Going Full Circle
Many thanks to all of you who made the 2022 Annual Member Meeting and NextGen Broadcast Conference a big success, from the event planning team to the sponsors, the exhibitors, and attendees both in person and on livestream. We were delighted to be in the Motor City highlighting new opportunities and developments in the automotive […]
(Nexstar): Major Broadcasters Launch NEXTGEN TV on Five Local Television Stations in Fresno-Visalia
(Image credit: Wikipedia) The leading television stations serving the Fresno-Visalia market today began broadcasting with NEXTGEN TV, a revolutionary new digital broadcast technology. Today’s launch includes KGPE (CBS), KMPH-TV (FOX), KSEE (NBC), KNSO (Telemundo) and KFRE-TV (CW). Based on the same fundamental technology as the Internet and digital apps, NEXTGEN TV can support a wide […]
(TV Tech): NextGen TV: Six Local Stations Launch 3.0 Broadcasts in Shreveport, La.
Six local television stations serving the Shreveport television market have announced that they had begun broadcasting NextGen TV signals on June 28. The launch includes KTBS-TV (the KTBS LLC-owned ABC affiliate), KSLA (the Gray Television-owned CBS affiliate), KMSS-TV (the Mission Broadcasting-owned Fox affiliate), KTAL-TV (the Nexstar-owned NBC affiliate), KPXJ (the KTBS LLC-owned CW affiliate) […]
(TV Tech) FCC: NextGen TV Deployed in 68 Markets Reaching Half of All U.S. Homes
The FCC has released new data on NextGen TV deployments as part of a filing for a Third Further Notice on Proposed Rulemaking that will examine the transition to NextGen TV, a.k.a. ATSC 3.0. “Based on our records, ATSC 3.0 stations have been licensed to operate in 68 markets, though in some cases it […]
ATSC STANDARDS UPDATE: A/324:2022-06 PUBLISHED
Since the last issue of The Standard an update of A/324, “Scheduler / Studio to Transmitter Link,” has been published. A/324 specifies the protocol for the Studio-to-Transmitter Link (STL) from the studio-side infrastructure to one or more set of transmitters. It also defines possible interfaces among the studio infrastructure and specifies certain constraints on […]
SOMEONE YOU SHOULD KNOW: COLIN “C.Y.” SMITH
Colin “C.Y.” Smith is CEO of CeWi Networks, Inc. He says his organization has developed and patented a new communication protocol which is perfectly suited for datacasting as outlined in the ATSC 3.0 Standard. Smith says CeWi Networks, Inc. is also an active member of the TG3/S43, Specialist Group on ATSC 3.0 Core Network. With […]
AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR: ATEME
The IEEE Broadcast Technology Society (BTS) was one of the five organizations that in 1983 founded the ATSC (together with CTA, NAB, NCTA and SMPTE). A proud 2019 ATSC Sponsor, the BTS is a membership organization open to everyone in the broadcast industry and allied fields.
(DVB): Focusing on fruitful collaboration between ATSC and DVB
Emily Dubs, DVB’s Head of Technology, shared the podium with ATSC President Madeleine Noland in Bilbao this week at the IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting. Both were keynote speakers for the event and their presentations were followed by a wide-ranging discussion on opportunities for further collaboration between the two organizations. […]
(TV Tech): ATSC To Hold NextGen TV Bootcamp, Seminar In Jamaica
The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) today said it will hold its Jamaica Bootcamp and Seminar July 11-14 at the Ocean Coral Springs Resort and Conference Center in Trelawny, Jamaica. ATSC, the Jamaica DSO Regulatory and Technical Committee, Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ) and the Spectrum Management Authority (SMA) are working together to produce the […]
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