Posted on September 3, 2018 in ATSC News
Since HDTV pioneer and ATSC Director Emeritus Joseph Flaherty passed away last month at age 87, the tributes have been pouring in. Flaherty, credited with co-founding the ATSC 35 years ago, led the planning committee on Dick Wiley’s FCC Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service, and was a global ambassador for HDTV, among many other accomplishments in his storied career.
Posted on September 3, 2018 in ATSC News
Fall is in the air, and ATSC 3.0 is on the air. With a particularly busy summer behind us, the ATSC and its members look forward to technology, specialist and ad hoc group meetings this month. Among other events, industry professionals are going “back to school,” in the first of a series of SBE and IEEE BTS educational activities related to ATSC 3.0. September conference calls, events and dates of interest to ATSC members, industry colleagues and key stakeholders.
Posted on September 3, 2018 in ATSC News
Merrill Weiss’ primary work on ATSC 3.0 has been on the Physical and Applications layers, and he currently chairs a Small Group on the Scheduler/Studio-to-Transmitter Link (STL) of the Specialist Group on the Physical Layer (S32).
Posted on September 3, 2018 in ATSC News
ATSC 2018 sponsor Technicolor focuses on “Innovation for the Future of Content.” With 200 researchers and engineers, Technicolor’s Research & Innovation Group partners with creative and technical teams from across Technicolor and its family of creative brands to pioneer the next wave of premium content and how these experiences are delivered to homes around the world.
Posted on September 3, 2018 in ATSC News
“Exciting to see the latest developments of Next Gen TV (ATSC 3.0) @PHXNextGenTV! It’s an Internet-based broadcast standard that promises major consumer benefits, from local emergency alerts to immersive audio to better accessibility.”
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s tweet while visiting the Pearl TV-led ATSC 3.0 Model Station project in Phoenix
Posted on July 10, 2018 in ATSC News
In July and August, we continue our summertime road trip along the Road to ATSC 3.0. For the ATSC and our members, this expressway has two parallel fast lanes: A) ongoing standards work to further enhance Next Gen TV, and B) support for broadcaster and manufacturer implementations of Next Gen TV powered by ATSC 3.0.
Posted on July 10, 2018 in ATSC News
In his keynote address at the Midwest Next Gen TV Summit in Columbus, Ohio in late June, the Honorable Michael O’Rielly provided his policy and marketplace insights about ATSC 3.0. Following are excerpts from the FCC Commissioner’s remarks to the more than 125 broadcasters from Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin in attendance.
Posted on July 10, 2018 in ATSC News
South Korea literally paved the Road to ATSC 3.0, adopting its Next Gen TV standard in 2016 and launching 4K UHD ATSC 3.0 broadcasts in May 2017. Momentum continues to build since the landmark UHD broadcasts of the Winter Olympics. In addition to UHD, broadcasters continue developing new services on Korea’s ATSC 3.0 service roadmap.
Posted on July 10, 2018 in ATSC News
In the Chat Room this month, THE STANDARD sat down with Bob Campbell, who chairs the new ATSC 3.0 Conformance Implementation Team. The ATSC is fortunate to have such a noted international standards and testing expert leading this effort. In addition to his day job as Eurofin’s head of engineering and his intensive ATSC work, Campbell chairs the Improving Interoperability Task Force for the HbbTV Association, serves on the HbbTV Steering Group and co-chairs the CTA WAVE Test and Compliance Task Force.
Posted on July 10, 2018 in ATSC News
Alan Stein is the Vice President for Technology, Development and Standards at Technicolor. He spends most of his ATSC time as chair of the S34-1 video ad-hoc group. In his “spare” ATSC time, he also actively participates in the ATSC’s S31 Specialist Group on System Requirements, S34 Specialist Group on Applications and Presentation, S37 Specialist Group on Conversion and Redistribution of ATSC 3.0 Services and the S34-2 audio ad-hoc group.
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