President’s Memo

Posted on June 3, 2013 in ATSC News

Our 2013 Annual Meeting last month in Washington lived up to our theme, “ATSC is the Place,” with updates on how the Internet and our mobile society are impacting broadcasting’s future and an insightful keynote address by FCC Media Bureau Chief Bill Lake. Bill’s remarks, excerpted in this issue of THE STANDARD, and the panel […]

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ATSC Updates CALM Act’s TV Loudness Recommended Practice

Posted on May 1, 2013 in ATSC News

ATSC has delivered an updated version of ATSC A/85, the core technology mandated by the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act, to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The A/85 Recommended Practice (Techniques for Establishing and Maintaining Audio Loudness for Digital Television) provides the industry with uniform operating strategies that optimize the audience listening experience by […]

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Media Report: 2.0 Powers TV

Posted on May 1, 2013 in ATSC News

TVNewsCheck ATSC 2.0 Aims To Power TV To Next Level  The soon-to-be standard will not only let broadcast viewers store and watch video on demand — in non-real time — but also call up graphics and data. And it will let marketers broadcast interactive and targeted advertising. Some of the new services will be on […]

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Media Report: ATSC 2.0 Demo

Posted on May 1, 2013 in ATSC News

TVNewsCheck ATSC 2.0 Demo Shows Near-Future of Broadcasting By Andrew Dodson Tucked away in the back of the Las Vegas Convention Center’s North Hall is a pretty impressive demonstration that shows what broadcasters would be capable of delivering in the next few years. The Advanced Televisions Systems Committee is showing off ATSC 2.0, an enhancement […]

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Media Report: ‘World Peace’ Looms

Posted on May 1, 2013 in ATSC News

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS DAILY ‘World Peace’ Looms in Next-Gen Global DTV Standard, ATSC Chief Says Rivals ‘Want Our Viewers’  LAS VEGAS — Global interoperability and spectrum efficiency need to be the biggest corner- stones of any next-generation broadcast system if terrestrial broadcasters want to retake valuable competitive ground lost to wireless carriers, streaming services and other content-delivery […]

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NAB Show ATSC Exhibit Draws Interest

Posted on May 1, 2013 in ATSC News

The ATSC is attracting new members interested in where broadcast TV is headed, with a wide variety of major, active projects drawing both membership interest and positive media coverage. During the 2013 NAB Show, we demonstrated the backwards-compatible suite of enhancements in the “ATSC 2.0 Living Room,” showcasing new capabilities available with ATSC 2.0.  Demonstrations […]

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Don’t Miss the Annual Meeting!

Posted on May 1, 2013 in ATSC News

ATSC IS THE PLACE.  The 2013 ATSC Annual Meeting is right around the corner.  The theme, “ATSC is the Place,” epitomizes what we’re all about – the place for collaboration and cooperation, for vision and innovation, for fun and fellowship. When ATSC members and guests gather on May 9 to celebrate our 30th anniversary, it’s […]

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President’s Memo

Posted on May 1, 2013 in ATSC News

ATSC IS THE PLACE! Another NAB Show is now history, and the April show will go down as a landmark event for the ATSC and its members, emphasizing how ATSC is the place where the future of television is being defined.  With new projects well underway to fully define ATSC 2.0 and the foundations for […]

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STATUS OF BALLOTS

Posted on April 4, 2013 in ATSC News

The current status of ballots is given in the following table. Note that the column “Scope” is taken from the scope statement contained in the balloted document. Note also that the document names given below do not include revision numbers, since they are different from the TG1 ballot to the ATSC ballot. Additional information, including […]

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ANNUAL MEETING NEXT MONTH IN WASHINGTON

Posted on April 4, 2013 in ATSC News

A reminder to our membership – the ATSC Annual Meeting will be held Thursday, May 9th, 2013 at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center.  Events start with a kickoff reception on the evening of May 8 in the Reagan Center’s Pavilion Lobby.  The May 9th Annual Meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. and concludes at 4:30 […]

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