President’s Memo

Posted on August 6, 2014 in ATSC News

As we enter the final month of summer and thoughts turn to getting the kids back to school, we at the ATSC are having our share of summertime fun. The technology groups are already back at school, forging ahead on their important standards work – challenging and dare I say enjoyable work for the scores […]

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Someone You Should Know

Posted on August 6, 2014 in ATSC News

Ira Goldstone, Univision Television Group Ira Goldstone, a key member of the engineering leadership team at Univision, has been a significant player in the television industry for the past 44 years, bringing significant experience and expertise to the ATSC Board of Directors. Beginning in Boston back in the late 1960s as a Summer relief tech […]

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2015 Broadcast TV Conference: Save the Date

Posted on August 6, 2014 in ATSC News

The 2015 ATSC Broadcast Television Conference is scheduled for May 13-14, 2015 at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center in Washington, D.C.  We are excited to once again host our members, guests, and industry leaders in the nation’s capital. More details will be available shortly. In you have questions, please contact: Lindsay Shelton-Gross, 202-872-9160, lsheltongross@atsc.org.

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ATSC Ballot Update

Posted on August 6, 2014 in ATSC News

Considerable progress has been made toward completion of the ATSC 3D-TV suite of standards. Developed in TG1/S12, the Specialist Group on 3D-TV, the suite consists of a number of Parts, as follows: Part 1, “3D-TV Terrestrial Broadcasting” – just approved by the ATSC membership and now published on the ATSC web site. Part 2, “Service […]

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Mobile Emergency Alert Guide Now Available

Posted on August 6, 2014 in ATSC News

The Implementation Guide to the ATSC-standardized A/153 Mobile Emergency Alert System is now available for download from the public ATSC.org website. The Mobile Emergency Alert System is a new broadband mobile data service that enables broadcasters to transmit emergency messages in their Mobile DTV broadcast signal. This technology is designed to enhance traditional EAS messaging by […]

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New 3.0 ‘Ecosystem’ Group Formed

Posted on August 6, 2014 in ATSC News

TG3, the Technology Group charged with developing the next-generation ATSC 3.0 standard, has formed a new “Ecosystem” Specialist Group to model and evaluate the environment in which ATSC 3.0 systems will be deployed. Designated S35, the Specialist Group on the ATSC 3.0 Ecosystem is being chaired by Merrill Weiss, digital TV pioneer and long-time ATSC […]

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President’s Memo

Posted on July 8, 2014 in ATSC News

As we enter the dog days of summer, some of us may remember fondly the era when the pace of the business world slowed down a bit during the summertime.  Not anymore, especially at the ATSC. Intensive work continues this month as participants in the Technology Groups (TG-1 and TG-3) gather in Washington. TG-1 is […]

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Matheny Moves to NAB

Posted on July 8, 2014 in ATSC News

Sam Matheny is leaving Capitol Broadcasting and starts July 15 as Executive VP and Chief Technology Officer of the National Association of Broadcasters.  Matheny replaces Kevin Gage, who left after his three-year contract was up in May. After joining Capitol in 2012, Matheny guided strategic investment decisions in new media and secured patents enabling Internet […]

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Korea Wants ATSC 3.0

Posted on July 8, 2014 in ATSC News

In June, the ATSC Board met in Seoul to learn more about the future broadcast needs of Korean broadcasters, equipment manufacturers and government officials as our work ATSC 3.0 continues to accelerate. “Korean broadcasters MBC and SBS told us that they are pushing ahead with Ultra HD terrestrial broadcast experiments using DVB-T2, but that’s only […]

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FoBTV in China on ATSC

Posted on July 8, 2014 in ATSC News

A number of ATSC members left the Korea meetings and headed to China and the city of Yantai for the latest sessions of the Future of Broadcast Television (FoBTV) organization.  Broadcasting veteran Robert Plummer now chairs the FoBTV Management Committee. “The trip to China had three events worth noting, The FoBTV summit in Yantai, the […]

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