NAB Show Reveals Plans for NAB Show Express
–The online event will take place May 13 – 14, 2020– Washington, D.C. — NAB Show’s new digital experience, NAB Show Express, will take place May 13 – 14, 2020. The dynamic platform is free and designed to engage the NAB Show community by offering 24-hour access to premium content curated and customizable for the […]
TV History: Grand Alliance NAB ‘95 Premiere Videos Posted Online
Broadcast consultant Glenn Reitmeier released a series of never-before-seen videos on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the April 10, 1995, Grand Alliance World Premiere Demonstration and Press Conference in Las Vegas at the 1995 NAB Show. Among the new clips are: the introduction of the first demo; the press conference presented in three […]
Pandemic Reveals NextGen TV’s Opportunity
The COVID-19 pandemic has proven, once again and in a big way, the value of local TV news. Ratings are up, trust is up. Audience engagement is through the roof, as TV personalities literally welcome audiences into their homes. Even their cats are becoming stars. At the same time, ad revenues are down, while station […]
PRESIDENT’S MEMO: Resilience
COVID-19 is affecting us all, and I hope that everyone and their families, and our extended ATSC family, are all staying healthy and coping with the pandemic’s impact on our personal and professional lives. While the coronavirus spread continues to grow at alarming rates in the United States and elsewhere, some other countries such as […]
‘CORE NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES’ PLANNING TEAM FORMED
The ATSC Board of Directors formed another new planning team: Planning Team 8 – Core Network Technologies for Broadcast. Known as PT8, this future-focused effort is not unlike the pioneering efforts of Planning Team 2 a decade ago. The work of PT2 – Next Generation Broadcast Television eventually resulted in the world’s first IP-based broadcast […]
TVN TECH | COVID-19 Delays, Not Derails, NEXTGEN TV Plans
By Glen Dickson The 2020 rollout of the ATSC 3.0 next-generation standard across the U.S. is still on track, say industry insiders, despite suffering a few short-term hiccups due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Simulcasts of all the major networks in the new standard are slated to be on-air in Las Vegas and Portland, Ore., by […]
REMEMBERING JIM HOUSTON
ATSC is saddened by the news that Jim Houston passed away on March 26th. Jim joined ATSC with Starwatcher Digital, and later became a Samsung employee. We are keeping Jim and his family, friends and colleagues in our thoughts at this difficult time. SMPTE announced Jim’s passing: With great sadness, the Hollywood Section of Society […]
NEXTGEN TV To Spur Transmission Market
By James O’Neal Reprinted from TVTechnology.com: Manufacturers are ready for where the new transmission standard will lead market WASHINGTON—Despite the heavy focus on completing the TV spectrum repack by the July deadline, manufacturers of transmission equipment have also been planning ahead for what comes next—NextGen TV and all that comes with it, such as hybrid connectivity, […]
Someone You Should Know: Tom Barbeau, Vice President of Engineering, Comark
Tom Barbeau, vice president of engineering at Comark, has done it all. He started out in the defense and aerospace industries as an electrical engineer working on guidance components. Since then, he’s worked image encoding for a high-speed OCR manufacturer and print recognition company, written transmitter control system code for Comark, and involved with MPEG, […]
And Now A Word From Our Sponsor…ATEME
ATSC 2020 sponsor ATEME is the video delivery leader committed to continuous investment in video quality enhancements. The company is in the forefront of standards development through involvement in a number of organizations, industry committees and research groups. In addition to actively investing in VVC, EVC, AV1, MPEG-2, H.264 and HEVC, ATEME has been working with ATSC groups, […]
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