ATSC Standards Update: New Candidate Standard Published
Since the last issue of The Standard newsletter, a new Candidate Standard has been published on the ATSC web site — Revision of A/324:2024-04, “Scheduler / Studio to Transmitter Link.” This document was elevated to Candidate Standard status by TG3 in a ballot that closed on April 10. A/324 specifies the protocol of the studio-to-transmitter […]
Someone You Should Know: Aguinaldo Boquimpani
ATSC recently spoke with Aguinaldo Boquimpani from Mirakulo Software in Brazil. Mirakulo joined ATSC in 2023 and Aguinaldo has been integral in assisting ATSC with the planning of two visits to Brazil, one with the ATSC Board of Directors back in March. He also was the catalyst for Mirakulo participating in the ATSC Booth at […]
Welcome to Our New Sponsors!
ATSC annual Sponsors support the important programs that benefit our members and the industry. We would like to welcome the following new sponsors to our community! Platinum Sponsor AT&T is one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies, providing services throughout the globe. They are interested in adopting their infrastructure to take advantage of the […]
(TVNewsCheck): Gray Television Rolling Out Advanced Features With NextGen TV
With Derby Week kicking off in Louisville, Ky., Gray Television is introducing “several key initiatives to advance the NextGen TV transition and bring more of the benefits of this new standard to viewers in Gray’s local communities.” Earlier this month, Gray’s Louisville NBC affiliate WAVE became the first affiliate of a major network to broadcast all of […]
(TV Tech): NextGen TV: ROXi Announces Interactive TV Deals
ROXi announced that it has partnered with Pearl TV and major U.S. broadcasters to deploy ROXi’s FastStream-powered interactive TV channels on the broadcaster’s NextGen TV offerings. (TV Technology reported ROXI’s similar deal with Sinclair Broadcast Group back in January, 2024.) The launch, which was announced at the 2024 NAB Show provides another example of how broadcasters are […]
(TV Tech): Five More Stations Launch NextGen TV In San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO, Texas—Five more stations have launched NextGen TV service, bringing to nine the number of local TV services on-air with ATSC 3.0. The new NextGen TV over-the-air channels include: KSAT-TV, the Graham Media Group-owned ABC affiliate; public broadcaster KLRN-TV; NBC Owned Television Stations’ Telemundo KVDA-TV; Tegna-owned CBS affiliate KENS-TV and Univision’s KWEX-TV. >>>Read the […]
(TV Tech): NEXTGEN TV ARRIVES IN MAINE
PORTLAND, Maine—Viewers here can now receive the NextGen TV signals of five local stations with the launch of ATSC 3.0 service from host station WPFO, which is owned by Cunningham Broadcasting Corp. >>>Read the full story on TV Tech here.
(TV Tech): ATSC 3.0 Datacasting Comes Of Age
The 2024 edition of the NAB Show will be remembered as a turning point in the effort to make ATSC 3.0-based datacasting a profitable proposition. Sinclair Broadcast Group advanced its goal of monetizing spectrum from datacasting with the announcement of its Broadspan datacasting platform (see p. 25). AT&T Business was on the show floor in the ATSC […]
(SVG): NAB 2024: Broadcast Industry Leaders Spearhead Investment in RUN3TV, NEXTGEN TV Application Platform
In a landmark move for local broadcasting, several leading local broadcast groups including Gray Television, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Hearst Television, TEGNA Inc., and The E.W. Scripps Company today announced they are leading a collective venture that will revolutionize over-the-air (OTA) television audience measurement and expedite the deployment of innovative applications by broadcasters and receiver […]
BROADCAST STANDARDS ASSOCIATION ATSC STAGING ANNUAL BROADCAST CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. IN MID-JUNE
WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 16, 2024 – ATSC, the Broadcast Standards Association, today released additional details about its annual NextGen Broadcast Conference and Member Meeting at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C. in mid-June. The program will focus on new opportunities for broadcasting utilizing ATSC 3.0, the next-generation broadcast standard that is now available to […]
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