ATSC News

Evolving TV Market Following Consumer

Posted on July 7, 2015 in ATSC News

At the 2015 ATSC Broadcast TV Conference, ATSC board member Brett Jenkins brought together three bright lights in the TV research sphere for an overview of how consumer behavior will shape the TV of tomorrow. “Certainly television is not dead. It’s changing. And there are ways in which we need to think differently about what […]

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Someone You Should Know: Chris Homer VP, Operations and Engineering, PBS

Posted on July 7, 2015 in ATSC News

Chris Homer is deeply involved with the ATSC 3.0 standards-setting process, focused squarely on how closed-captioning will evolve and improve with the new TV standard. Today, he chairs the S34-5 ad hoc group on accessibility in the ATSC 3.0 specialists group on applications and presentation. “Our group’s common mission is to assure ATSC 3.0 accessibility […]

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How to Vote on ATSC Standards

Posted on July 7, 2015 in ATSC News

Voting eligibility is determined in accordance with the ATSC Bylaws, Section 10.8.2. The Technology Groups TG1 and TG3 voting eligibility lists, posted after each meeting, identify eligible voters. Only members with voting eligibility may cast votes on Technology Group ballots. Only one vote per company is permitted. An important aspect to casting your vote relates […]

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And Now a Word from our Sponsor…Dolby Enables the Future of Television Today

Posted on July 7, 2015 in ATSC News

ATSC 2015 sponsor Dolby says it was founded upon a simple promise: “to bring better audio experiences to people everywhere.”  When the broadcast industry first faced the challenges of developing a digital TV system, Dolby joined forces with the ATSC to build a robust digital audio solution for broadcast. Since then, and in partnership with […]

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The Future of Television

Posted on June 3, 2015 in ATSC News

Not since the ATSC Digital Television Standard (A/53) was adopted by the FCC in late 1996 has there been so much attention focused on the development work for advanced television. In a very short time, we’ve gone from conceptual discussions about ATSC 3.0 to outlines to detailed specifications as we draft the various elements that […]

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ATSC 3.0 – The ‘Grandest Alliance’ of 370 Experts and 110 Companies

Posted on June 3, 2015 in ATSC News

In his opening welcome remarks at the 2015 ATSC Broadcast Television Conference, ATSC Board Chairman Glenn Reitmeier of NBC Universal highlighted the significant cooperation and collaboration behind ATSC 3.0 while providing some historical perspective. By GLENN REITMEIER As we “Tune In to the Future” of ATSC 3.0, it’s hard to believe that the first digital […]

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Super Panel: Keys to Future of Television – Personalization, Flexibility and Promotion

Posted on June 3, 2015 in ATSC News

Lively… Provocative … Entertaining … One would expect nothing less from three television industry luminaries appearing onstage together for the first time at last month’s “Tune In to The Future” ATSC Broadcast Television Conference. Despite their different vantage points, the three top industry executives – Gordon Smith, President and CEO of the National Association of […]

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NAB’s Smith urges FCC to get on board with emerging TV standard

Posted on June 3, 2015 in ATSC News

Katy on the Hill – May 14, 2015 Reprinted courtesy of Katy Bachman, as originally published on TVNewsCheck.com Gordon Smith, president and CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters, said it was in the best interests of the Federal Communications Commission to be a part of the industry’s move to adopt a new broadcast standard […]

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Sony’s Luke Fay is Lechner Award Honoree

Posted on June 3, 2015 in ATSC News

Senior Sony Electronics Staff Engineer Luke Fay, the chairman of the S-32 Specialist Group focusing on the ATSC 3.0 physical layer standard and Vice-Chair of TG-3, was named the 2015 Bernard J. Lechner Outstanding Contributor at the 2015 Broadcast TV Conference. “When I heard my name, I thought really?  Me?  S32 is one of the more controversial […]

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Comment Resolution Underway on First ATSC 3.0 Candidate Standard

Posted on June 3, 2015 in ATSC News

The first Candidate Standard approved for ATSC 3.0 (A/321 System Discovery and Signaling), has moved into the comment resolution phase in the S-32 specialist group. This so-called “bootstrap signal” portion of the Physical Layer will be important to the future evolution of ATSC 3.0. Updates to the published Candidate Standard are expected in a timely […]

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