ATSC News

Nominating Committee Volunteers Needed

Posted on September 3, 2013 in ATSC News

The ATSC’s Nominating Committee is charged with nominating candidates for the annual election of the ATSC Board of Directors. The Nominating Committee will also recommend one or two directors to stand for election as Board Chair of ATSC. The By-Laws of ATSC call for a total of 11 Nominating Committee members with the following committee […]

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Member Profile: Madeleine Noland

Posted on September 3, 2013 in ATSC News

ATSC 3.0 If you’ve participated in any ATSC 3.0 specialist committees, you’ve been a part of Madeleine Noland’s world. As ATSC advances this work, expect to see and hear more from her. She currently serves as Vice Chair of S31, Secretary of S33, and Chair of S31-1 (in hiatus), S33-3 and S34-3. She also actively […]

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Physical Layer ATSC 3.0 Proposal Submissions

Posted on September 3, 2013 in ATSC News

Reflect Enthusiasm for Next-Generation TV Standard Ten initial proposals from 19 organizations for the Physical Layer of the new “ATSC 3.0” broadcast television standard were submitted by the Aug. 23 deadline. The strong response to ATSC’s call for proposals, issued on March 27, underscores the tremendous interest by experts around the world in driving toward […]

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President’s Memo

Posted on September 3, 2013 in ATSC News

Momentum Builds for ATSC 3.0 The ATSC prides itself in attracting the world’s best and brightest in our quest to define the future of television.  A terrific example is seen in the strong response to our call for proposals for the Physical Layer of the new “ATSC 3.0” broadcast television standard. All told, 19 organizations […]

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Ballot Report on Revisions of Core Standards

Posted on August 1, 2013 in ATSC News

August 6 Voting Deadline Looming A/53 and A/65 form the core of the ATSC Digital Television Standard. Major revisions of both standards are nearing the end of their final stage of balloting. Three Parts of A/53 are currently at ballots of the full ATSC Membership: A/53 Part 1, “Digital Television System.” The main motivation and […]

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Kavi: Trial Planned for New ATSC ‘Comment Manager’ Software

Posted on August 1, 2013 in ATSC News

New Tool to Help Streamline Process, Drive Standards Consensus More often than not, comments are received from one or more members on any given ballot. The process of collecting the comments and documenting the final resolutions has changed little over the years since ATSC online activities were ported over to the powerful Kavi platform. That’s […]

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Further Progress on ATSC 3.0

Posted on August 1, 2013 in ATSC News

New TG 3 Specialist Groups Formed Now that the full system requirements for ATSC 3.0 have been completed and approved within Technology Group 3 (TG3), and the ATSC awaits the responses to the Call for Proposals for the Physical Later, TG3’s focus has moved to another level.  The two newer specialist groups have each begun […]

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ATSC Board Tackles Big-Picture Issues

Posted on August 1, 2013 in ATSC News

Annual Strategic Planning Meeting Addresses Rapidly Changing Landscape Rolling up their sleeves in their annual two-day strategic planning meeting in mid-July, members of the ATSC Board of Directors tackled big-picture issues facing the television industry for the near- and longer-term.  With a sense of urgency characterized as a “need for speed,” the board dealt with […]

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President’s Memo

Posted on August 1, 2013 in ATSC News

President’s Memo:  Future Ahead! While ATSC President Mark Richer recuperates from a brief illness, he’s asked me, as Chairman of the ATSC Board of Directors, to step in and pen this intro for the August edition of your favorite industry newsletter, THE STANDARD. In this issue, we report on the ATSC Board’s Strategic Planning meeting, […]

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NAB Issues Call for Papers

Posted on July 3, 2013 in ATSC News

Attention ATSC members: The Broadcast Engineering Conference (BEC) will be held at the 2014 NAB Show in Las Vegas next April.  The Call for Papers is now open and will close on Oct. 18. The six-day conference attracts the world’s leaders in broadcast technology, and has been doing so since 1946.  Always including lots of ATSC member […]

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