DECEMBER EVENTS: Ho Ho Ho

Posted on December 4, 2017 in ATSC News

ATSC members are placing some of the final shiny ornaments on the ATSC 3.0 tree in December.  Along with a series of year-end specialist group, ad hoc group and board meetings, various member and TG3 Technology Group ballots are closing this month.

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HOLIDAY CHEER

Posted on December 4, 2017 in ATSC News

‘Twas the night before Christmas and throughout ATSC
Not a creature was stirring, all dreaming of Next Gen TV.
The 4K TV was hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that ATSC 3 soon would be there.

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And Now a Word from Our Sponsor…

Posted on December 4, 2017 in ATSC News

Long-time ATSC sponsor LG Electronics is a global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, mobile communications and home appliances. Zenith (LG’s U.S. R&D subsidiary since 1999), a founding ATSC member 34 years ago, was the primary inventor of the transmission system at the heart of the A/53 Digital Television Standard (now known as ATSC 1.0), approved by the FCC on Christmas Eve 1996.

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Soundbite – Christmas Miracle: ATSC 3.0

Posted on December 4, 2017 in ATSC News

“I was wrong when I told you that, Susie. You must believe in Mr. Kringle [and ATSC 3.0] and keep right on doing it.  You must have faith…”

-Doris Walker (Maureen O’Hara), Miracle on 34th Street, 1947

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ATSC LAUDS APPROVAL OF NEXT-GEN TV BROADCAST STANDARD

Posted on November 16, 2017 in Press Releases

Massive Five-Year ATSC 3.0 Standards Process Sets Stage For Next Gen TV Implementation, Deployment WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2017 – The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) today saluted the U.S. Federal Communications Commission for its authorization of the new ATSC 3.0 next-generation television broadcast standard for U.S. broadcasters. “The development of the revolutionary new Next Gen […]

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PRESIDENT’S MEMO

Posted on November 8, 2017 in ATSC News

Movement: Keeping things moving on the Next Gen TV standard is the ATSC’s main focus during this particularly busy month, on the heels of a major milestone: member approval of A/300, the overall system standard for ATSC 3.0.

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ATSC 3.0 ‘Instruction Book’ A/300 Standard Approved

Posted on November 8, 2017 in ATSC News

Any complicated product needs a good instruction book to explain how things go together.  And while ATSC 3.0 isn’t exactly a furniture project from IKEA, the framers of ATSC 3.0 think the suite of standards does need a road map to show how the various parts of the new standard can work together. 

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FCC To Vote on ATSC 3.0 at November Meeting

Posted on November 8, 2017 in ATSC News

WASHINGTON — The television broadcast industry took another important step in its quest to introduce Americans to next-generation television on Oct. 26, with the Federal Communication Commission’s release of a Report and Order (R&O) and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) aimed at authorizing a voluntary transition to ATSC 3.0-based over-the-air broadcasting.

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CHAT ROOM Testing, One-Two-Three…

Posted on November 8, 2017 in ATSC News

In the Chat Room this month, THE STANDARD sat down with long-time ATSC board member Lynn Claudy. He’s the senior vice president of technology for the National Association of Broadcasters, who is spearheading the joint NAB effort with the Consumer Technology Association on the “living laboratory” ATSC 3.0 test station in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Next Gen TV Station in Cleveland to Support ATSC 3.0 Implementation

Posted on November 8, 2017 in ATSC News

The broadcasting and consumer technology industries are collaborating on a “living laboratory” test station in Cleveland, Ohio, to help broadcasters and manufacturers prepare to deliver Next Gen TV services powered by ATSC 3.0. Like they did with the original ATSC 1.0 HDTV Model Station project a generation ago, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and Consumer Technology Association (CTA®), have joined forces to oversee and manage the Cleveland test station’s activities going forward.

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