Posted on April 18, 2017 in Press Releases
For Immediate Release Las Vegas Convention Center ‘NextGen TV Hub’ Opens Monday in Grand Lobby with Innovations ‘Powered by ATSC 3.0’ LAS VEGAS, April 18, 2017 – As the curtain rises on the 2017 NAB Show, attendees will see the incredible capabilities of the new Internet Protocol-based broadcast TV standard at a special exhibit in the […]
Posted on April 3, 2017 in ATSC News
With spring comes the annual NAB Show and, as TV Technology’s Tom Butts points out in his editorial in this edition of THE STANDARD: “This is the year for ATSC 3.0, and Las Vegas in the last week of April will be the place to be.” The epicenter of next-generation television at the show will be the “Next Gen TV Hub: Powered by ATSC 3.0” in the Grand Lobby of the Las Vegas Convention Center. It will highlight a range of Next Gen TV features including better pictures, immersive audio, accessibility, hybrid broadcast-broadband TV, mobility, addressable advertising, audience measurement and advanced emergency alerting, even B2B automotive applications.
Posted on April 3, 2017 in ATSC News
I want to leave as much flexibility as possible (in the FCC’s ATSC 3.0 rules) for the industry to innovate and change in the future to meet consumer demands. Ultimately, I’d like it to be next to nothing – just as it is with regards to how we handle the latest wireless standard.
-Michael O’Rielly, FCC Commissioner
Posted on April 3, 2017 in ATSC News
The Advanced Television Systems Committee cordially invites members, broadcasting executives, TV station engineers, government officials and other interested stakeholders to the ATSC’s 2017 “Next Gen TV Conference,” May 16-17 in Washington, D.C.
Posted on April 3, 2017 in ATSC News
In the Chat Room this month, THE STANDARD sat down with Sam Matheny, Executive VP and CTO at the National Association of Broadcasters and head of the NAB’s “PILOT” innovation initiative. Along with his passions for scuba diving and duck hunting, he’s a Next Gen TV guru and zealous advocate for ATSC 3.0 THE STANDARD: […]
Posted on April 3, 2017 in ATSC News
The investments that large- and medium-market TV stations make in Next Gen TV using the ATSC 3.0 standard can be recouped within three years, according to a new study of the commercial television broadcasting business by BIA/Kelsey.
Posted on April 3, 2017 in ATSC News
Lifelong television fan Joe Snelson, Jr. is active in the ATSC, representing the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) in a half dozen ATSC groups. He’s the immediate past president of SBE, an organization with more than 5,000 members that provides education and information to broadcast engineers.
Posted on April 3, 2017 in ATSC News
While our industry slowly makes the move to IP (slower than most realize), the transition to ATSC 3.0—which combines IP with over-the-air broadcasting—is on the fast track. There are still some issues yet to be resolved (primarily how the repack will affect the rollout and how ATSC 3.0 will be handled by MVPDs); however the standard is pretty much complete, and this year’s spring NAB Show will mark its coming-out party.
Posted on April 3, 2017 in ATSC News
Spring has sprung, and ATSC meetings are sprouting up all month – more than two dozen scheduled April meetings and conference calls to be exact. The month builds to a crescendo at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, kicking off over the April 22-23 weekend with ATSC 3.0 sessions at the NAB Broadcast Engineering Conference. […]
Posted on April 3, 2017 in ATSC News
ATSC 2017 sponsor PBS has been an enthusiastic supporter of ATSC television broadcast standards from the very beginning. As a proud ATSC member since 1984, PBS contributed to the development of ATSC 1.0 in the early 1990s and supported its adoption by the FCC in 1996, which ultimately paved the way for the broadcast industry’s switch from analog to digital transmission.
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