ATSC News
President’s Memo: Building Bridges
This fall brings a host of new opportunities to share the progress of ATSC 3.0 with technical audiences all over the world, whether by virtual connections or the return of business travel. I was honored to be a presenter at the CABSAT Content Congress in Dubai to discuss “NextGen Broadcasting: New Technology Powering New Opportunities” […]
Q&A with Cordel Green, Executive Director, Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica
The long-awaited switchover to digital television in Jamaica has recently been announced. Television Jamaica Limited, an over-the-air broadcaster in Jamaica, is transitioning from Standard Definition operations to High-Definition services and from NTSC analogue transmission services to ATSC 3.0 digital transmissions. The government has announced a Digital Switch Over (DSO) start date of January 2022 and […]
TV Tech: Major Broadcasters Launch NEXTGEN TV on Four Local Television Stations in Hartford, CT
NextGen TV has arrived in the Hartford area, with the launch of ATSC 3.0 signals on four local stations. The launch involved Tegna’s WCCT (the CW affiliate on channel 20) and WTIC (Fox, channel 61), Meredith Local Media Group’s WFSB (CBS, channel 3), and Nexstar Media Group’s WTNH (ABC, channel 8). “NextGen TV will fundamentally […]
SOMEONE YOU SHOULD KNOW: ANDERS ASKERUP
Anders Askerup is Senior System Architect at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. His background around standardization is predominantly with 3GPP Core Network working groups. Askerup is leading a new ATSC ad-hoc group to study ATSC 3.0 and 5G Harmonization where his experience with 3GPP will be essential. When it comes to ATSC 3.0, Askerup leads the new […]
And Now A Word from Our Sponsor: FINCONS GROUP
Fincons Group: Enabling NextGen TV R-evolution FINCONS pioneered both the HbbTV roll out and the ATSC 3.0 launch, which are transforming TV as we used to know it. We immediately embraced NextGen TV with enthusiasm , right from the first ATSC3 pilot app we developed together with the NAB back in 2018, up to the […]
President’s Memo: The Power of Convergence & Harmonization
A month ago, many of us expected to be headed to Las Vegas for the NAB Show this week. As much as we’ll miss seeing you there, ATSC supports NAB’s difficult decision to cancel the show. Together with NAB and all our industry colleagues, we’re looking ahead to the 2022 show next April. We are […]
Five Questions for Lechner Outstanding Contributor Honoree Alan Stein
Were you surprised at being named this year’s Lechner Award winner at the 2021 ATSC NextGen Broadcast Conference in August? What happened when you heard your name? I am truly honored to receive the Lechner Award. I was honestly surprised when I heard my name. While I had been strongly encouraged to attend the ATSC […]
Specialist Group Chair Dr. Youngkwon Lim Honored with SMPTE Sarnoff Medal
Growing up in South Korea, Youngkwon Lim knew the name David Sarnoff and his “legendary” reputation as the RCA Chairman who pushed the company to develop and introduce the world’s first all-electronic television service. Now, Dr. Lim counts the SMPTE Sarnoff Medal as one of his honors. The David Sarnoff Medal was established by SMPTE […]
SBE Charts Success with ATSC3 Specialist Certification
By Jim Hermanson, CPBE, CBNT Certification Chair, SBE Chapter 24 Madison, WI jhermanson@sbe.org The Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) introduced the ATSC3 Specialist Certification at the end of 2020, and the first exams were offered in February. Since its introduction, 13 people have added the ATSC3 designation to their list of SBE certifications. Two of […]
SOMEONE YOU SHOULD KNOW: STEPHANE BILLAT
Stephane Billat is General Manager of DekTec America Inc. He has been involved with ATSC from the beginning, since the ATSC 1.0 days. When talk of ATSC 3.0 started, Billat got involved at the request of Luke Fay from Sony; asking DekTec to create some test tools for helping develop ATSC 3.0 solutions. Since then, […]
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