AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR: CTA

Posted on October 1, 2018 in ATSC News

The Consumer Technology Association™ (CTA) is one of the ATSC’s five founding organizations in 1983 (along with the NAB, NCTA, SMPTE and IEEE). ATSC 2018 sponsor CTA is the trade association that represents the $377 billion U.S. consumer technology industry, which supports more than 15 million U.S. jobs. More than 2,200 companies – 80 percent are small businesses and startups; others are among the world’s best known brands – enjoy the benefits of CTA membership including policy advocacy, market research, technical education, industry promotion, standards development and the fostering of business and strategic relationships.

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Soundbite

Posted on October 1, 2018 in ATSC News

“Broadcaster adoption of the new ATSC 3.0 broadcast standard will allow stations to reach the growing number of portable media devices that are garnering more of the time Americans spend consuming media.”

-Mary Collins, President and CEO, Media Financial Management Association

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IEEE BTS AND SBE PARTNER WITH ATSC TO EDUCATE INDUSTRY ABOUT NEXT GEN TV

Posted on September 7, 2018 in Press Releases

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2018 – The IEEE Broadcast Technology Society (BTS) and the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) are partnering with the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) to help educate the industry on the implementation and benefits of Next Gen TV powered by the new ATSC 3.0 standard.  SBE and ATSC […]

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PRESIDENT’S MEMO: Mileposts Ahead

Posted on September 3, 2018 in ATSC News

Along the Road to ATSC 3.0, we’re approaching some important mileposts. Mileposts that we’re seeking in the United States include continued progress on the Phoenix Model Station project as experienced first-hand by FCC Chairman Pai, as well as public broadcasters’ Next Gen TV preparations led by Public Media Co., APTS and others, also highlighted in this issue.

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COMMENTARY: Special ATSC 3.0 Needs of Public Broadcasters

Posted on September 3, 2018 in ATSC News

Pioneering U.S. terrestrial broadcasters are looking for next-generation TV to transform their businesses, providing them with a flexible system that helps them offer new services previously not possible. In these early days of ATSC 3.0, select commercial broadcasters are testing the technology and the business models through two main consortia of commercial broadcasters: Spectrum Co and Pearl TV.

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ROAD TO ATSC 3.0: Hot in Phoenix – Next Gen TV

Posted on September 3, 2018 in ATSC News

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai VISITED Phoenix late last month, meeting with broadcasters and consumer electronics companies behind the Phoenix Model Market, the groundbreaking Next Gen TV launchpad that signed “on the air” with its first ATSC 3.0 station just before the NAB Show.

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SPOTLIGHT: SOUTH KOREA – Consumers Begin to Embrace Next Gen TV

Posted on September 3, 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 this year of the Winter Olympics and World Cup – Korean consumers are beginning to embrace Next Gen TV powered by ATSC 3.0.

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CHAT ROOM: Embracing Change

Posted on September 3, 2018 in ATSC News

In the Chat Room this month, THE STANDARD sat down with former ATSC Board Chairman Glenn Reitmeier, who was just volunteered to lead the new ATSC Planning Team on Future Video Technologies. The Senior Vice President at NBC Universal has been heavily involved in digital television since its inception, from his days at Sarnoff during the ATSC 1.0 development days a generation ago.

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TRIBUTE: Remembering Joe Flaherty

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.

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BACK TO SCHOOL: September Happenings

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.

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