TECH THE HALLS: December Datebook
‘Twas the night before Christmas and throughout ATSC, not a creature was stirring, dreaming of Next Gen TV; the 4K TV was hung by the chimney by care in hopes that ATSC 3 would soon be there… December meetings, events and dates of interest to ATSC members, industry colleagues and key stakeholders:
Dec. 3
Planning Team 4 – Future Video Technologies
TG3/S33-1 Ad Hoc Group on Service Delivery and Synchronization
Dec. 4
Advanced Emergency Alert Implementation Team
Announcement of ATSC Board of Directors election
Dec. 5
TG3/S32 Specialist Group on Physical Layer – STL/SFN
TG3/S31 Specialist Group on System Requirements
TG3/S38 Specialist Group on Interactivity
Personalization and Interactivity Implementation Team
Walt Disney born in 1901
Dec. 6
TG3/S33-3 Ad Hoc Group on Interactive Service and Companion-Screen – Cancelled
Dec. 10
TG3 Leadership Call
TG3/S37 Specialist Group on Conversion and Redistribution
TG3/S31 Small Group on Versioning
TG3/S31 Specialist Group on System Requirements
Dec. 11
TG3/S36 Specialist Group on Security
Year-end Board of Directors Meeting, New York City
Dec. 12
TG3/S32 Specialist Group on Physical Layer – STL/SFN
Conformance Implementation Team
Frank Sinatra born in 1915
Dec. 13
TG3/S34-1 Ad Hoc Group on Video for ATSC 3.0
Dec. 15
The U.S. Bill of Rights was adopted in 1791
Dec. 17
TG3/S31 Small Group on Versioning
TG3/S33-1 Ad Hoc Group on Service Delivery and Synchronization
Dec. 18
TG3/S33 Specialist Group on Management and Protocols
Advanced Emergency Alert Implementation Team
ATSC 3.0 SBE Certification
Dec. 19
TG3/S32 Specialist Group on Physical Layer – STL/SFN
TG3/S38 Specialist Group on Interactivity
Personalization and Interactivity Implementation Team
Dec. 20
TG3/S33-3 Ad Hoc Group on Interactive Service and Companion-Screen
Dec. 21
Winter Solstice, the day with the shortest period of daylight, in the Northern Hemisphere
Dec. 23
Bell Laboratories invents the transistor in 1947
Dec. 24
TG3 Leadership Call
TG3/S31 Small Group on Versioning
FCC adopts ATSC 1.0 digital television broadcast standard in 1996
Howard Hughes born in 1905
Dec. 25
Christmas Day
Washington crosses the Delaware in 1776
Jesus Christ born in 0000
Dec. 26
TG3/S32 Specialist Group on Physical Layer – Cancelled
Conformance Implementation Team
Dec. 31
New Year’s Eve
Thomas Edison first demonstrates the light bulb in 1879
