Reach Decision Makers with 2017 ATSC Sponsorships

Posted on December 1, 2016 in ATSC News

Promote your organization to key stakeholders and support the ATSC’s vital mission of defining the future of television by signing on as a 2017 sponsor. Five 2017 ATSC sponsorship packages are available.

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ATSC 3.0? Humbug! A Next Gen TV Carol (With apologies to Chuck Dickens)

Posted on December 1, 2016 in ATSC News

A miserly old broadcaster named Ebenezer Scrooge is hunkered down at his TV station on a frigid Christmas Eve. His chief engineer, Bob Cratchit, slaves away in the back room, urging his boss again and again to make modest investments in ATSC 3.0 so they can survive until another Christmas. “Humbug!”

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And Now a Word from Our Sponsor…

Posted on December 1, 2016 in ATSC News

ATSC 2016 sponsor ONE Media is a technical development company whose mission is to be a catalyst and driver of innovation for over-the-air broadcasters. In concert with its joint venture partners, Sinclair Broadcast Group and Coherent Logix, ONE Media is at the forefront of the move to IP-based protocol, providing flexibility and evolvability to broadcasters looking to expand their businesses beyond television core offerings.

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President’s Memo: Vote Early and Often

Posted on November 1, 2016 in ATSC News

In this unprecedented election season, there’s a lot of voting going on this November. Certain ATSC members from Chicago like to say they “vote early and often.” I’m campaigning for all ATSC members to do the same. Members also are encouraged to vote in November on the slate of candidates for election to three-year terms on the ATSC Board of Directors to fill three vacant seats for board members whose terms expire at year-end.

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ATSC 3.0 World Series Broadcast a Home Run!

Posted on November 1, 2016 in ATSC News

The first live ATSC 3.0 broadcast of a major pro sporting event – Major League Baseball’s 2016 World Series – was a home run. Using the newly-standardized A/322 Physical Layer ATSC 3.0 Standard, Channel 31 in Cleveland transmitted simulcast network and local programming from Fox8 as the American League’s Cleveland Indians hosted the National League’s Chicago Cubs.

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ATSC and Allied Organizations Explore ATSC 3.0 Conformance Testing

Posted on November 1, 2016 in ATSC News

November 14 is the deadline for interested parties to respond to the ATSC’s Request for Information (RFI) related to the development of Conformance Test Suite Development and Conformity Assessment programs to support ATSC 3.0 implementation.

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The Envelope Please… ATSC Congratulates Award-Winning Digital TV Luminaries

Posted on November 1, 2016 in ATSC News

IEEE: Congratulations to ATSC Vice Chairman Lynn Claudy for receiving the IEEE’s 2016 Jules Cohen Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award. Claudy, senior vice president of technology at the NAB, was recognized in October at the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society Symposium for “his outstanding broadcast engineering work that is exceptional in integrity, professionalism, quality, thoroughness, reach and […]

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Transition and Deployment Guide Helps Broadcasters Plan for Next Gen TV

Posted on November 1, 2016 in ATSC News

A comprehensive planning guide to help broadcasters make the transition to ATSC 3.0 is now available. The handiwork of a group of leading broadcasters and equipment manufacturers, the new Next Gen TV “Transition and Deployment Guide” was developed to provide detailed information for use by station management and engineers to move to ATSC 3.0

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ATSC 3.0 Takes Center Stage at New York Events

Posted on November 1, 2016 in ATSC News

When broadcasters, investors and other key stakeholders gather in Manhattan at the 2016 NAB Show New York Nov. 9-10, they’ll get an earful on next-gen broadcasting enabled by the ATSC 3.0 suite of standards. A companion “TV2020” conference entirely devoted to “Monetizing ATSC 3.0” and produced by TVNewsCheck.com runs all day on Thursday, Nov. 10.

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Plug-Fest #3 in Korea a ‘Vote of Confidence’ for A/322

Posted on November 1, 2016 in ATSC News

The third ATSC 3.0 Physical Layer “Plug Fest,” held in Jeju, South Korea last month yielded solid results, according to Plug Fest Co-Chair Lachlan Michael of Sony. Five modulators and four demodulators completed more than 350 tests, including completely new tests not done before in Plug Fests#1 or #2.

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