CEA Group Defining ATSC 3.0 Receiver Video Formats

Posted on September 2, 2015 in ATSC News

By BRIAN MARKWALTERSenior Vice President, Research & StandardsConsumer Electronics Association In concert with the ATSC’s immense efforts to develop and document the ATSC 3.0 suite of standards for next-generation television broadcasting, parallel activities are underway in other standards groups such as the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) and the Consumer Electronics Association […]

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4K Ultra HD Shipments to Top Four Million in 2015

Posted on September 2, 2015 in ATSC News

As the ATSC finalizes standards for over-the-air delivery of 4K programming, momentum continues to build for 4K Ultra HD TVs in the United States. The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is expecting 4K Ultra HD unit sales to reach 4.4 million in 2015, representing a 210 percent increase over last year. CEA says consumer excitement around […]

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5 New Features of ATSC 3.0

Posted on September 2, 2015 in ATSC News

TV Technology recently asked TG3 Chairman Rich Chernock for his “top 5” new features of ATSC 3.0.  His responses are reprinted here by permission. America’s TV viewers will be the ultimate beneficiaries of ATSC 3.0, as broadcast television moves to integrate new capabilities and features into the receivers of the future.  The new standard will […]

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David Gomez-Barquero, PhD – Someone You Should Know

Posted on September 2, 2015 in ATSC News

David Gomez Barquero brings unique perspectives as an international standards expert, researcher and academic to his important role as Vice Chairman of the ATSC 3.0 Modulation and Coding Ad-Hoc Group, a key participant in the development of the Physical Layer that’s speeding toward Candidate Standard status this month. After receiving a double Masters of Science […]

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BALLOTS TRACKING NEW STANDARD DEVELOPMENTS

Posted on September 2, 2015 in ATSC News

As noted in the President’s Memo, Technology Group 3 is now considering the A/322 ballot to elevate the ATSC 3.0 Physical Layer specification to Candidate Standard status.  The ballot closes on Monday September 28.  Additionally, the “bootstrap” A/321 Candidate Standard portion of ATSC 3.0 is being updated to reflect comments received during the TG3 ballot […]

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And Now a Word from our Sponsors…

Posted on September 2, 2015 in ATSC News

Cox Media Group ATSC 2015 sponsor Cox Media Group (CMG) is an integrated broadcasting, publishing, direct marketing and digital media company whose operations include 14 broadcast television stations and one local cable channel, 59 radio stations, seven daily newspapers and more than a dozen non-daily publications, as well as more than 100 digital services.  CMG […]

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Fun in the Sun with the ATSC

Posted on August 3, 2015 in ATSC News

August is generally kind of quiet in Washington, with Congress in recess and droves of lobbyists, lawyers and others fleeing the District’s sweltering heat for the beach or the mountains. But even as summer winds down, there’s no slowing down here at the ATSC. To paraphrase the adage, there’s no rest for the weary ATSC […]

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ATSC 3.0: What will the “standard” look like?

Posted on August 3, 2015 in ATSC News

Documentation Architecture for Next-Gen TV’s Suite of StandardsBy RICH CHERNOCK, TG3 Chairman People have generally been referring to ATSC 3.0 as the next-generation broadcast television “standard.” But it actually will made up of a “suite” of standards. When considering what the architecture for the ATSC 3.0 documents will be, think of standards like toolboxes. When […]

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Listen Up! Atlanta Hears ATSC 3.0 Audio As Proponents Demonstrate Advantages

Posted on August 3, 2015 in ATSC News

Skip Pizzi is Vice-chair of ATSC TG3 and leads the S31 Specialist Group on ATSC 3.0 System Requirements and Program Management. Pizzi is Senior Director, New Media Technologies, at National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), providing guidance for NAB members on new and emerging media technologies and their potential applications to broadcast services. He also served as […]

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Someone You Should Know – Joe Winograd

Posted on August 3, 2015 in ATSC News

Joe Winograd is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Verance Corporation, where he has been directing the company’s development of watermarking technologies and solutions since 1995. Winograd led Verance’s efforts to create the world’s first open architecture system for first-screen audio-based Automatic Content Recognition (ACR), which has been selected for inclusion in the ATSC […]

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