President’s Memo: ATSC’s Cure for Summertime Blues

Posted on July 18, 2016 in ATSC News

As highlighted in the July-August issue of THE STANDARD, the TG3 Technology Group is issuing Proposed Standard ballots on three ATSC 3.0 Candidate Standards while wrapping up voting on the A/322 Physical Layer Proposed Standard. A number of other documents are expected to move towards ballot for Proposed Standard in August and September.

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Capitol Broadcasting Launches ATSC 3.0 Television Station

Posted on July 18, 2016 in ATSC News

Digital television pioneer WRAL-TV, Capitol Broadcasting’s NBC affiliate in Raleigh-Durham, N.C., launched its new ATSC 3.0 TV station with the nation’s first live simulcast of a commercially licensed television station.

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HDR Technologies for ATSC 3.0 Dazzle in Comparative Demos

Posted on July 18, 2016 in ATSC News

In another key milestone in the ATSC 3.0 standards-development process, the ATSC conducted the first comprehensive comparisons of high-dynamic range (HDR) proposals for ATSC 3.0 next-gen TV. The goal of the two-day event in late June was to provide a forum for demonstrations and evaluations of the various proposed HDR technologies for the ATSC 3.0 video standard.

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Standard Ballot Update

Posted on July 18, 2016 in ATSC News

At its July 14 meeting, the TG3 Technology Group 3 authorized issuance of three ballots to elevate Candidate Standards to Proposed Standard.

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ATSC 3.0 Spells Progress for Public Television

Posted on July 18, 2016 in ATSC News

American Public Television Stations President Patrick Butler on the progress ATSC 3.0 can inspire for public television stations.

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NAB Explores ATSC 3.0 App Development Apps will unlock interactive features of next-gen platform

Posted on July 18, 2016 in ATSC News

Coding an app for the next-gen TV broadcasting platform is less complicated than conjuring one. That was the upshot of a presentation on authoring applications for the ATSC 3.0 platform, from the National Association of Broadcasters’ Pilot division.

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Someone You Should Know: Joel Wilhite

Posted on July 18, 2016 in ATSC News

Joel Wilhite, senior systems design engineer at Harmonic, has been involved with the ATSC for more than a decade. He’s been heavily involved with the broadcast community since 1995 when he started his career with DiviCom (now Harmonic) as an engineer testing code and systems for deployments.

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And Now a Word from Our Sponsors…

Posted on July 18, 2016 in ATSC News

ATSC 2016 sponsor Dolby has been a dedicated partner in standards development since the early days of digital television, joining ATSC to help standardize a robust broadcast digital audio solution for ATSC 1.0. ATSC sponsor the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), through its PILOT program, is accepting submissions for its first-ever PILOT Innovation Challenge.

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President’s Memo: Broken Record and Breaking Records

Posted on June 1, 2016 in ATSC News

Thanks to the remarkable work of many people, we’re getting work done on schedule and driving innovation. In fact, innovation is thriving at ATSC, exemplified by the world’s first IP-based broadcast standard.

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Highlights from 2016 ATSC Broadcast TV Conference

Posted on June 1, 2016 in ATSC News

A record crowd attended the annual broadcast TV conference hosted by ATSC in Washington D.C., May 10 -11. A variety of panelists and speakers addressed the changes in broadcast and next generation of broadcast television. Here are some highlights.

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