Posted on December 4, 2017 in ATSC News
ATSC members are placing some of the final shiny ornaments on the ATSC 3.0 tree in December. Along with a series of year-end specialist group, ad hoc group and board meetings, various member and TG3 Technology Group ballots are closing this month.
December meetings, events and dates of interest to ATSC members, industry colleagues and key stakeholders:
Dec. 3
Advent begins
Andy Williams born in 1930
Dec. 4
TG3/S36 Specialist Group on ATSC 3.0 Security
TG3/S33-1 Ad Hoc Group on Service Delivery and Synchronization
Dec. 5
Member ballot deadline: A/339 Audio Watermark Modification and Erasure Final recommended Practice
TG3 ballot deadline: A/324 Scheduler/Studio-to-Transmitter Link Proposed Standard
TG3/S33 Specialist Group on Management and Protocols
Walt Disney born in 1901
Dec. 6
Member ballot deadline: A/331 Signaling, Delivery, Synchronization and Error Protection Final Standard
Member ballot deadline: Election of three members of Board of Directors
TG3/S31 Specialist Group on System Requirements
TG3/S34-2 Ad Hoc Group on Audio for ATSC 3.0
Dec. 7
TG3/S33-3 Ad Hoc Group on Interactive Service and Companion-Screen
Pearl Harbor Day
Ted Knight born in 1923
Dec. 11
TG3/S33-1 Ad Hoc Group on Service Delivery and Synchronization
TG3/S37 Specialist Group on Conversion and Redistribution of ATSC 3.0 Services
TG3/S34-5 Ad Hoc Group on Accessibility
Dec. 12
TG3/S34 Specialist Group on Applications and Presentation
Channukah begins
Frank Sinatra born in 1915
Dec. 13
TG3/S34-4 Ad Hoc Group on Runtime Environment for ATSC 3.0 Applications
Dec. 14
ATSC Board of Directors Meeting, New York
TG3/S34-1 Ad Hoc Group on Video for ATSC 3.0
Dec. 15
Bill of Rights Day
Dec. 18
TG3/S36 Specialist Group on ATSC 3.0 Security
TG3/S33-1 Ad Hoc Group on Service Delivery and Synchronization
Dec. 20
TG3/S34-2 Ad Hoc Group on Audio for ATSC 3.0
Dec. 21
TG3/S33-3 Ad Hoc Group on Interactive Service and Companion-Screen
Winter Solstice, Shortest Day of the Year in the Northern Hemisphere
Dec. 23
Festivus
Dec. 24
Christmas Eve
Rod Serling born in 1924
Dec. 25
Christmas Day
Jesus Christ born in 0000
Dec. 26
TG3/S34 Specialist Group on Applications and Presentation
Boxing Day
Dec. 28
TG3/S34-1 Ad Hoc Group on Video for ATSC 3.0
Dec. 31
New Year’s Eve
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