Posted on September 9, 2021 in ATSC News, Press Releases
WASHINGTON, August 26, 2021– The Advanced Television Systems Committee today awarded its highest technical honor, the 2021 Bernard J. Lechner Outstanding Contributor Award, to Alan Stein, Vice President of Technology at InterDigital. ATSC also presented the Mark Richer Industry Leadership Medal to Sen. Gordon Smith, the President and CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters. […]
Posted on September 9, 2021 in ATSC News
The return of conference activities with hybrid events in Washington in August brought into focus the power of collaboration. ATSC Board Chair Lynn Claudy and TG3 Vice Chair Skip Pizzi, who were both able to attend the event in Washington in person, shared their reflections. “From a ten-thousand-foot view, the ATSC NextGen Broadcast Conference highlighted […]
Posted on September 9, 2021 in ATSC News
In a hybrid in-person/virtual, two-day conference, ATSC celebrated 43 U.S. markets with NextGen TV on the air and dozens more soon to follow as well as successes in datacasting and auto data delivery trials. Among the panels was one on successful trials of 3.0 data delivery to automobiles in Phoenix and Santa Barbara, Calif., conducted […]
Posted on September 9, 2021 in ATSC News
Sergio Amatangelo is Director of Sales, Strategic Accounts for Crown Castle. He became involved in ATSC 3.0 while working with broadcasters to understand the next iteration of their business and how Crown Castle could help enable this evolution. Amatangelo says he saw a synergy that explained how. “The ‘why’ flowed from the moment that it […]
Posted on September 8, 2021 in ATSC News
The new TV broadcast technology, known as NextGen TV or ATSC 3.0, is being used to deliver remote learning services to kids in Washington, D.C., who might not have access to traditional broadband. SpectraRep, an education technology company, said it is working with Sinclair Broadcast Group’s tech company One Media 3.0 and its D.C. station WIAV-CD to deliver EduCast. EduCast […]
Posted on August 25, 2021 in ATSC News
Five local stations have joined together to launch NextGen TV broadcasts in Atlanta, the seventh largest DMA. The five stations are Meredith Local Media’s WPCH (Independent, Channel 17) and WGCL (CBS, Channel 46), Cox Media Group’s WSB (ABC, Channel 2), Fox Television Stations’ WAGA (FOX, Channel 5), and Tegna’s WXIA (NBC, Channel 11). This transition […]
Posted on August 25, 2021 in ATSC News
Kansas City’s leading television stations today began broadcasting with NEXTGEN TV, a revolutionary new digital broadcast technology. Today’s launch includes KMBC-TV (ABC), KCTV (CBS), KSHB-TV (NBC), WDAF-TV (FOX), KCPT (PBS), KCWE (CW), KSMO-TV (MyNet) and KMCI-TV (IND), which are now available to Kansas City area viewers in the all-new NEXTGEN TV format. Based on the […]
Posted on August 10, 2021 in ATSC News
WRTV, WTTK, WTHR and WXIN Begin Broadcasting with New Technology Four leading local television stations in Indianapolis, including WRTV (ABC), WTTK (CBS), WTHR (NBC), and WXIN (FOX), today bring NEXTGEN TV, a revolutionary new digital broadcast technology, to the city. Based on the same fundamental technology as the Internet and digital apps, NEXTGEN TV can […]
Posted on August 9, 2021 in ATSC News
We are very excited to bring you the 2021 NextGen Broadcast Conference on August 25 and 26 as a hybrid in-person/livestreamed event taking place at the Reagan International Commerce Center in Washington, D.C. The event will feature the ATSC Annual Member Meeting and member reception on August 25, followed by a full day of conference […]
Posted on August 9, 2021 in ATSC News
Pearl TV Managing Director Anne Schelle shares new details about the pace of the rollouts, and the increase of ATSC 3.0 signals in the Phoenix Model Market on InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.FM. Hear the Full Interview >
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