Technology Group 3

Chair: Oren Williams, Dolby laboratories

Scope

The Specialist Group on ATSC 3.0 System Requirements and Program Management (called TG3/S31) will solicit use cases and develop scenarios, and examine them within various industry contexts for the next-generation digital television broadcast system (ATSC 3.0). These scenarios will be used to derive a set of System Requirements and the associated Glossary for ATSC 3.0, which will in turn enable the development of Technical Standards and Recommended Practices for such future service by TG3 and its other subgroups. The group will manage the ongoing development and documentation of these System Requirements and Glossary as appropriate over time.

The group will assist in the review, coordination and consolidation of work within TG3’s subgroups, including reviewing subgroup output for adherence to the System Requirements, coordinating interdependent deliverables and timelines, assisting in identifying and resolving work overlaps or gaps between groups, drafting outlines and shared sections of documents requiring multiple subgroup input, and other similar tasks as assigned by TG3.

Chair: Dr. Jae-young Lee, ETRI

Scope

The Specialist Group on Physical Layer for ATSC 3.0 (called TG3/S32) will examine, assess, and possibly recommend technical proposal(s) for the physical layer(s) of the next generation digital terrestrial television broadcast system (ATSC 3.0). Interoperability with non-broadcast distribution systems (both traditional and non-traditional) will be considered. The term “television” should not in any way constrain the Specialist Group from considering physical layer technologies, systems and services that may currently fall outside the traditionally defined boundaries of television broadcasting.

Chair: Dr. Youngkwon Lim, Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
Vice-Chair: Adam Goldberg, Sony

Scope

The Specialist Group on Management and Protocols (called TG3/S33) will solicit, examine and assess technical proposals and develop Standards and Recommended Practices related to technologies for the management and delivery of ATSC 3.0 services and associated metadata, over terrestrial broadcast channels and, if appropriate, broadband/bi-directional networks, to fulfill the relevant ATSC 3.0 System Requirements.

Chair: Chris Homer, PBS

Scope

The Specialist Group on Application and Presentation for ATSC 3.0 (called TG3/S34) will examine and assess technical proposals and develop Standards and Recommended Practices for the next generation digital terrestrial television broadcast system to fulfill the relevant ATSC 3.0 System Requirements. The Specialist Group will primarily focus on the portion of the ATSC 3.0 platform that defines the user experience. The work may include, but is not limited to accessibility (including audio description and closed captions) and other features as defined by evolving system requirements across a multiple delivery path, multi-device ecosystem.

Chair: Adam Goldberg, Sony
Vice-Chair: Chris Homer, PBS

Scope

The Specialist Group on the ATSC 3.0 Security (called TG3/S36) will develop standards and other documents that describe the security and conditional access infrastructure of the ATSC 3.0 system, including mechanisms for supporting conditional access features like pay-per-view and subscription services. This also includes mechanisms for cryptographically protecting communications within the ATSC 3.0 system and cryptographic verification of downloaded applications.

Chair: Steve Calzone, DTV Consulting
Vice-Chair: Jeff Hamilton, Hamilton Technologies

Scope

ATSC TG3/S37 develops and maintains Recommended Practices, Standards, and other documents relating to the conversion and redistribution of ATSC 3.0 services.

Chair: Mark Corl, Triveni Digital
Vice-Chair: Julia Kenyon, Duct Tape Engineering

Scope

The Specialist Group on Interactive Environment for ATSC 3.0 (called TG3/S38) examines and assesses technical proposals regarding interactive applications and their companion devices. This analysis is done in order to develop Standards and Recommended Practices that describe a supporting environment delivered via the next generation digital terrestrial television broadcast system. S38 may undertake other related tasks as defined by system requirements or as assigned by TG3.

Chair: Michael Dolan, Pearl
Vice-Chair: Mark Corl, Triveni Digital

Scope

The Specialist Group on ATSC 1.0 (called TG3/S39) is responsible for all ATSC “1.0”-related Standards and Recommended Practices. S39 develops new ATSC “1.0” documents if needed, provides maintenance of ATSC “1.0” documents, and works with the other TG3 Specialist Groups as needed.

Chair: Alan Stein, V-Nova
Vice-Chair: Jon Fairhurst, Samsung

Scope

TG3/S41 analyzes, recommends, and specifies the video sub-system(s), including video formats and codecs, to be used for services defined in ATSC 3.0 system requirements authorized by TG3. This Specialist Group is tasked with creating, evolving, and maintaining draft standard documents and recommended practices that specify video codecs and the appropriate constraints to make them usable in the context of the ATSC 3.0 system.

Chair: Jim Starzynski, NBCU

Scope

TG3/S42 will analyze the performance and use of audio systems for ATSC-3 as needed and create documentation supporting effective system conception, operation and extension. The group will also maintain the ATSC A/342 Standard and revise it as necessary. The group may solicit, examine, and assess technical proposals. The resulting documents may be in the form of Standards, Technology Group Reports, or Recommended Practices.

Chair: Ali Dernaika, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Chair: Rajesh Gangadhar, Saankhya Labs

Scope

ATSC TG3/S43 develops and maintains Standards, Recommended Practices, and other documents relating to broadcast core network functions that enable current and future use cases (e.g., datacasting) efficiently at scale across a collection of broadcast facilities.

Chair: Michael Dolan, Pearl

Chair: Ira Goldstone, Cobalt Digital

Scope

This AHG will study interlayer communications for the interfaces from the IP Baseband Plant through compression encoding and the ATSC 3 Transport Management and Protocols Layer to the Physical Layer Transmission facilities, identifying needs, potential solutions, and appropriate venues for development and documentation of solutions any subsequent work deemed necessary.

Chair: Dr. Edward Czarnecki, Digital Alert Systems

Chair: Anders Askerup, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Secretary: Marc Mouradian, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Chair: Adam Goldberg, Sony
TG3-12 evaluates, identifies and prioritizes the requirements (including use cases) and identifies features (including APIs, signaling) needed for ATSC 3.0 to support non-16:9/4:3 aspect ratio video and more than one concurrent video track per service. Discussion will include Receiver resource implications.