New ATSC Technology Group to Explore Next-Generation Broadcasting

Posted on September 6, 2011 in Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Long-Term Project Designed to Develop TV Standards Serving Viewers and Broadcasters for Decades to Come WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2011 –The Advanced Television Systems Committee Inc. (ATSC) has formed a new technology group to develop “ATSC 3.0,” a series of voluntary technical standards and recommended practices for the next-generation digital terrestrial television broadcast […]

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Future of Broadcast Television Global Summit Announced

Posted on August 16, 2011 in Press Releases

International Collaboration Organizes Historic Event FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SHANGHAI and WASHINGTON, August 16, 2011 – Leading broadcast television associations, research laboratories and standards development organizations* from around the world have organized a strategic conference focused on the future of terrestrial broadcast television. The Future of Broadcast Television (FOBTV) Summit will be held to foster global […]

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ATSC Begins Work On Broadcast Standard For 3D-TV Transmissions

Posted on August 15, 2011 in Press Releases

New Effort to Address Home and Mobile Applications for Three-Dimensional Viewing from Local TV Stations FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2011 –The Advanced Television Systems Committee Inc. (ATSC) has launched development of a three-dimensional (3D) broadcast TV standard that will provide methods for transmission of 3D-TV content to both fixed and mobile devices, the […]

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ATSC Expands Loudness Management Techniques With A/85 Annex K

Posted on July 26, 2011 in Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – JULY 26 2011 – The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has expanded television loudness management techniques to cover alternative audio systems as specified in the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act. ATSC members voted to approve “Requirements for Establishing and Maintaining Audio Loudness of Commercial Advertising in Digital Television When Using Non-AC-3 […]

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Advanced Television Systems Committee Hosts ATSC Digital TV ‘Boot Camp’

Posted on June 15, 2011 in Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – JUNE 15, 2011 – The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) today announced plans to conduct an educational seminar for broadcasters, manufacturers and others interested in standards development this fall. Co-hosted by Iowa Public Television, the “ATSC Boot Camp” will take place on Oct. 13, 2011 in Johnston, Iowa. This full-day program will […]

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Advanced Televisions Systems Committee Approves Revisions To A/85

Posted on June 2, 2011 in Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. – JUNE 2, 2011 – Last week, the Advanced Television Systems Committee membership approved revisions to its Recommended Practice A/85, Techniques for Establishing and Maintaining Audio Loudness for Digital Television. The revised version of A/85 includes a new Annex J: “Requirements for Establishing and Maintaining Audio Loudness of Commercial Advertising […]

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ATSC Honors Jim Starzynski Of NBC Universal With Bernard J. Lechner Outstanding Contributor Award

Posted on May 10, 2011 in Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, May 10, 2011 – NBC Universal’s Jim Starzynski, an engineer who has worked tirelessly on TV commercial loudness and other audio issues with digital television, is being honored by the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) as the 2011 recipient of the ATSC’s highest technical honor, the Bernard J. Lechner Outstanding Contributor […]

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ATSC Publishes Interim Report on 3DTV

Posted on March 23, 2011 in Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATSC Planning Team Issues Request for Information WASHINGTON, March 23, 2011 – The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has announced the publication of an Interim Report on 3D Digital Television and issued a formal request for input from the industry. The ATSC Planning Team 1 (PT-1), responsible for analyzing and reporting on […]

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Smith and Kubota to Keynote ATSC Annual Meeting

Posted on February 14, 2011 in Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NAB CEO and NHK Laboratory Director General to Address ATSC Membership WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2011 – Paving the way for next-generation digital television (DTV) standards, the Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc. is planning its 2011 Annual Meeting on May 10, headlined by broadcasting luminaries. Senator Gordon Smith, President and CEO of the […]

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Godfrey Elected ATSC Board Chairman

Posted on January 13, 2011 in Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, Jan. 13, 2011 – The Board of Directors of the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) elected John Godfrey to serve as the Chairman of the ATSC Board. Godfrey is Vice President of Government and Public Affairs for Samsung Information Systems America, a U.S. subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. He directs Samsung’s […]

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