AWARN ALLIANCE ELECTS 2021 STEERING COMMITTEE; TAYLOR ELECTED CHAIR, DECHANT VICE CHAIR
ORGANIZATION’S UPDATED VISION AND MISSION SUPPORT VOLUNTARY SOLUTIONS FOR ADOPTING ADVANCED EMERGENCY ALERTING AND INFORMING POWERED BY NEXTGEN TV WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2021 – The AWARN Alliance has elected its 2021 Steering Committee, the organization’s governing body that provides guidance to the AWARN Alliance and its executive director. The Alliance also clarified its core education, promotion and […]
New SBE Certification: ATSC3 Specialist
The Society of Broadcast Engineers, in its continuing effort to advance its Program of Certification, has added a new Specialist Certification to its offerings: The ATSC3 Specialist. The new level of certification was developed by the Society of Broadcast Engineers Certification Committee, chaired by Ralph Hogan, CPBE, DRB, CBNE, with direct assistance from the Advanced Television Systems […]
Year of the Ox
February 12, 2021 ushers in the Year of the Ox, and we wish our colleagues across the world a Happy Lunar New Year. According to one myth, the order the animals arrived at the Jade Emperor’s party determined the order of the zodiac calendar. The Ox was about to be first, but the Rat tricked […]
CES 2021 Rewind
By BRIAN MARKWALTER Senior Vice President, Technology & Research, Consumer Technology Association Two years ago, my post-CES® article in this newsletter began, “CES 2019 was another one for the record books…” – and so it is again this year, only in ways we never expected. CES 2021 made history as the largest digital tech event […]
ATSC Datacasting Paves Way for Flexibility of ATSC 3.0 in Distance Education
Covid Changes Here to Stay for Teachers and Students? Four experts working on different facets of distance education told hundreds of viewers watching an ATSC-sponsored session during early January’s CES that ATSC 3.0 and its Internet Protocol backbone is ideally positioned to help bridge the digital divide, since television itself is virtually a ubiquitous […]
FCC Modifies DTS Rules for ATSC 3.0 Flexibility
WASHINGTON—The FCC released an update to its DTS (distributed transmission system) coverage rules to expand the permissible range of signal spillover and replace the subjective “minimal amount” language used to describe spillovers as a way to promote ATSC 3.0 reaching its full potential. The change gives broadcasters more flexibility in placement of DTS transmitters. For […]
TVN Tech One-On-One | Assessing A Pivotal Year For NextGen TV
By Glen Dickson TVNewsCheck The ATSC 3.0 broadcast standard took a big leap forward at last year’s CES show in Las Vegas with the introduction of the first 3.0-capable TV sets. LG, Samsung and Sony pledged to roll out a total of 20 of the new “NextGen TV” models in 2020, while broadcasters aimed to […]
Four Columbus Broadcasters Launch ATSC 3.0 NextGen TV Service
BitPath coordinated the launch of WSYX, WCMH-TV, WWHO and WTTE COLUMBUS, Ohio—Four local television broadcasters, WSYX, WCMH-TV, WWHO and WTTE have launched ATSC 3.0 transmission, bringing NextGen TV service to viewers in Columbus, Ohio. WSYX is the Sinclair Broadcast Group-owned ABC/Fox affiliate in Columbus; WCMH-TV is the NexStar Media Group-owned NBC affiliate; WWHO, the Manhan […]
February Happenings
February 1 India Implementation Team February 2 TG3/S36, Specialist Group on ATSC 3.0 Security Planning Team 6 – Global Recognition of ATSC 3.0 February 3 TG3/S32, Specialist Group on Physical Layer SFN/STL SG TG3/S31, Specialist Group on System Requirements ATSC 3.0 Conformance Implementation Team February 4 Brazil Implementation Team TG3/S41, Specialist Group on Video February […]
And Now A Word from Our Sponsor…Triveni Digital
As the broadcast industry prepares for a future based on the powerful new evergreen broadcast standard, 2021 ATSC sponsor Triveni Digital has been hard at work. By devoting significant resources to the development of the NEXTGEN TV standards, and products that support it, we placed a major bet that ATSC 3.0 would transform the broadcast […]
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