LG Announces 2021 NEXTGEN TVS
As NEXTGEN TV Services Reach Majority of Viewers This Year, Co-Developer of ATSC 3.0 Standard Expands Consumer Receiver Option LG Electronics, co-developer of the ATSC 3.0 next-generation television standard, announced its 2021 NEXTGEN TV lineup as American broadcasters prepare to launch services this year in 20 more cities with signals reaching the majority of TV […]
Sony Electronics Announces New BRAVIA XR 8K LED, 4K OLED and 4K LED Models with New “Cognitive Processor XR
Sony Electronics Inc. today announced the world’s first cognitive intelligence televisions1. The new BRAVIA XR televisions include MASTER Series Z9J 8K LED, MASTER Series A90J and A80J OLED, and X95J and X90J 4K LED. Powered by the Cognitive Processor XR, the brain of the new BRAVIA XR, the televisions use a completely new processing method designed to replicate the ways humans see and hear. When we see objects, we […]
ATSC 3.0 Device Update and ATSC 3.0 for Distance Education Highlight Free Panel Discussions Next Tuesday Evening, Following First Day of Digital
Washington, D.C. – January 7, 2021 — Luminaries from the worlds of consumer technology, broadcasting and education will populate two live panel discussions organized by Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) after the first day of activities conclude for the virtual 2021 CES. Registration is free for the ATSC panels. “From televisions to smartphones, from set-top […]
President’s Memo: Ushering in 2021
ATSC had an incredibly exciting 2020, complete with challenges and triumphs. Now we welcome 2021 with enthusiasm and optimism – NextGen TV is here and continually gets better and better. The future is bright for services and products enabled by our ATSC 3.0 standards, and I cannot wait to see what the new year will […]
Free, Live CES Sessions to Highlight ATSC 3.0 Devices, Distance Education
Luminaries from the worlds of consumer technology, broadcasting and education will populate two live panel discussions organized by ATSC after the first day of activities conclude for the virtual 2021 CES. Registration is free for the ATSC panels. ATSC President Madeleine Noland moderates a panel about “ATSC 3.0 at the Consumer’s Fingertips” Tuesday, January 12 […]
Pizzi to Lead new ATSC Brazil Implementation Team
Brazil has issued a Call for Proposals to consider what happens next with the evolution of television in Latin America’s most populous country. Media technology consultant Skip Pizzi is coordinating ATSC’s response to the country’s call for proposals. Pizzi, who chairs ATSC’s new Brazil Implementation Team, sat down with THE STANDARD to answer some key […]
Five Detroit Broadcast Stations Collaborating to Launch “Motown 3.0 Test Track” as NextGen TV Broadcasts Begin in Motor City
NEXTGEN TV Service Promises More Expansive Audio and Video Options for Viewers DETROIT, MI – (December 10, 2020) – Starting this week, Michigan viewers in the nation’s 14th largest TV market get a taste of the future as five local TV stations band together to launch NEXTGEN TV in Detroit. The broadcast advance also signals […]
Seattle Stations Begin Broadcasting NextGen TV
SEATTLE—NextGen TV has arrived in Seattle, as seven local TV stations have begun broadcasting the ATSC 3.0-based digital transmission standard. All of Seattle’s major broadcasters are transmitting a NextGen TV signal. This includes KOMO-TV (ABC), KIRO-TV (CBS), KCPQ (Fox), KING-TV (NBC), KONG (Ind.), KZJO (MyNet) and KUNS-TV (Univision). KONG, which is owned by Tegna, is […]
Someone You Should Know: Yeshwant Muthusamy, Senior Director, Standards at Immersion Corporation
Yeshwant Muthusamy, Senior Director, Standards at Immersion Corporation, has worked on the ATSC 3.0 standard throughout the decade first as a part of the 3D Audio standardization and then as a part of the haptics standardization where he is currently involved. “ATSC 3.0 is a quantum leap from ATSC 1.0 in terms of usability, in […]
January 2021 Happenings
January 6 TG3/S32, Specialist Group on Physical Layer SFN/STL SG TG3/S31, Specialist Group on System Requirements ATSC 3.0 Conformance Implementation Team Planning Team 8 – Core Network Technologies for Broadcast TG3/S38, Specialist Group on Interactive Environment January 7 ITU-R Rapporteur Group on ATSC 3.0 TG3/S41, Specialist Group on Video January 8 TG3/S33, Specialist Group on […]
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