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ATSC BOARD MEMBERS ELECTED BY MEMBERSHIP (DeChant, Engel, Jenkins Begin Three-Year Terms in January)
WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 6, 2021 – Members of the Advanced Television Systems Committee Inc. (ATSC) elected three experienced media executives to serve on the ATSC Board of Directors for three-year terms that begin in January 2022. Jim DeChant, News-Press & Gazette Company was re-elected for his second term. Elected for a first term is […]
China’s National Engineering Research Center Eyes ATSC 3.0 Opportunities – Conversation with Yao Wang
More and more countries across the globe are switching from analog transmission services to ATSC 3.0 digital transmissions. To learn more about the importance of ATSC 3.0, ATSC sat down with Yao Wang of the Shanghai National Engineering Research Center of Digital Television Co. Ltd. (NERC-DTV). What is the status of manufacturing ATSC 3.0 television […]
IN THE HEADLINES: MAJOR BROADCASTERS CONTINUE TO LAUNCH NEXTGEN TV IN MULTIPLE CITIES
Leading television stations across the county started broadcasting with NEXTGEN TV in recent weeks. Powered by ATSC 3.0, NEXTGEN TV is the most significant broadcast technology upgrade ever. Make sure to read the full stories sharing this exciting news in these markets: BUSINESS WIRE: MAJOR BROADCASTERS LAUNCH NEXTGEN TV ON FIVE LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS IN […]
SOMEONE YOU SHOULD KNOW: FRED ENGEL
Fred Engel is Chief Technology Officer of PBS North Carolina (formerly UNC-TV). He was just elected to his first term on the ATSC Board of Directors. Engel’s interest in ATSC 3.0 started when the call for proposals was made in 2013. He says he was excited to see the focus on an IP based system […]
AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR: IEEE Broadcast Technology Society (BTS)
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.
Business Wire: Major Broadcasters Launch NEXTGEN TV on five Local Television Stations in Charleston, WV
Charleston’s leading television stations this week officially began broadcasting with NEXTGEN TV, a revolutionary new digital broadcast technology. The launch includes WCHS-TV (ABC), WOWK-TV (CBS), WSAZ-TV (NBC), WQCW (CW) and WVAH-TV (Decades). Based on the same fundamental technology as the Internet and digital apps, NEXTGEN TV can support a wide range of features that are […]
TVNewsCheck: Major Broadcasters Launch NEXTGEN TV on four Local Television Stations in Greensboro, NC
Television viewers in Greensboro, N.C. (DMA 47), can now experience the future of broadcast television as four stations have launched NextGen TV (also known as ATSC 3.0. Switching on the new transmission standard are Sinclair Broadcast Group’s WXLV (ABC) and WMYV (MNT); Nexstar Media Group’s WGHP (Fox); and Hearst Television’s WXII (NBC). The launch in […]
TV Tech: Major Broadcasters Launch NEXTGEN TV on 10 Local Television Stations in Houston, TX
In what is being billed as the largest NextGen TV launch to date, 10 local stations in Houston, the eighth-largest TV market in the United States, have launched ATSC 3.0 broadcasts. The launches involved the following TV station groups and stations: Fox Television Stations’ KTXH (My Network, channel 20) and owned-and-operated KRIV (FOX, channel 26). […]
NEXTGEN TV CONTINUES ITS MOMENTUM AND CONSUMER ADOPTION WITH LAUNCH OF NEXTGEN TV HOLIDAY BRAND MARKETING CAMPAIGN
(Press Release from Pearl TV) NEXTGEN TV is Now Broadcasting in 34 Markets and Projected to Reach 45% of U.S. Households by the End of the Year, Reaffirming the Future of Television Has Arrived WASHINGTON D.C. (Nov. 18, 2021)—Pearl TV, a business organization of U.S. broadcast companies, today announced that broadcasters and consumer electronics manufacturers […]
TV Tech: 2021 Mark Richer Industry Leadership Medal Recipient, Sen. Gordon Smith, Gives Last State of the Industry Address
In his final State of the Industry address before leaving the association, president and CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters Gordon Smith laid out nine lessons for the industry that started with the importance of negotiating and included the admonition that the “NAB should never register Republican or Democrat, but as human, local and […]
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