ATSC News
Major Broadcasters Launch NEXTGEN TV on Five Local Television Stations in Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati’s leading television stations today began broadcasting with NEXTGEN TV, a revolutionary new digital broadcast technology. Today’s launch includes WCPO-TV (ABC), WKRC-TV (CBS), WLWT (NBC), WXIX-TV (FOX) and WSTR-TV (MyNet). Based on the same fundamental technology as the Internet and digital apps, NEXTGEN TV can support a wide range of features that are currently in […]
President’s Memo: Reaching New Heights
It was “Full Steam Ahead” at the 2021 ATSC Annual Member Meeting and NextGen Broadcast Conference that took place last week in Washington, DC and via livestream. Just shy of 300 in-person and remote attendees took in the 18 exhibits of broadcast products and solutions and the rich program line-up, which culminated in honoring both […]
ATSC AWARDS INTERDIGITAL’s STEIN with Highest Technical Honor, BESTOWS RICHER INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP MEDAL TO NAB CHIEF SENATOR SMITH
WASHINGTON, August 26, 2021– The Advanced Television Systems Committee today awarded its highest technical honor, the 2021 Bernard J. Lechner Outstanding Contributor Award, to Alan Stein, Vice President of Technology at InterDigital. ATSC also presented the Mark Richer Industry Leadership Medal to Sen. Gordon Smith, the President and CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters. […]
Reflections on a Return to Washington
The return of conference activities with hybrid events in Washington in August brought into focus the power of collaboration. ATSC Board Chair Lynn Claudy and TG3 Vice Chair Skip Pizzi, who were both able to attend the event in Washington in person, shared their reflections. “From a ten-thousand-foot view, the ATSC NextGen Broadcast Conference highlighted […]
ATSC Touts Gains On 3.0 Receivers, Datacasting
In a hybrid in-person/virtual, two-day conference, ATSC celebrated 43 U.S. markets with NextGen TV on the air and dozens more soon to follow as well as successes in datacasting and auto data delivery trials. Among the panels was one on successful trials of 3.0 data delivery to automobiles in Phoenix and Santa Barbara, Calif., conducted […]
SOMEONE YOU SHOULD KNOW: SERGIO AMATANGELO
Sergio Amatangelo is Director of Sales, Strategic Accounts for Crown Castle. He became involved in ATSC 3.0 while working with broadcasters to understand the next iteration of their business and how Crown Castle could help enable this evolution. Amatangelo says he saw a synergy that explained how. “The ‘why’ flowed from the moment that it […]
NextGen TV Being Used To Deliver Remote Learning in Washington, D.C.
The new TV broadcast technology, known as NextGen TV or ATSC 3.0, is being used to deliver remote learning services to kids in Washington, D.C., who might not have access to traditional broadband. SpectraRep, an education technology company, said it is working with Sinclair Broadcast Group’s tech company One Media 3.0 and its D.C. station WIAV-CD to deliver EduCast. EduCast […]
Five Stations Launch 3.0 Broadcasts in Atlanta
Five local stations have joined together to launch NextGen TV broadcasts in Atlanta, the seventh largest DMA. The five stations are Meredith Local Media’s WPCH (Independent, Channel 17) and WGCL (CBS, Channel 46), Cox Media Group’s WSB (ABC, Channel 2), Fox Television Stations’ WAGA (FOX, Channel 5), and Tegna’s WXIA (NBC, Channel 11). This transition […]
Major Broadcasters Launch NEXTGEN TV on Eight Local Television Stations in Kansas City, MO
Kansas City’s leading television stations today began broadcasting with NEXTGEN TV, a revolutionary new digital broadcast technology. Today’s launch includes KMBC-TV (ABC), KCTV (CBS), KSHB-TV (NBC), WDAF-TV (FOX), KCPT (PBS), KCWE (CW), KSMO-TV (MyNet) and KMCI-TV (IND), which are now available to Kansas City area viewers in the all-new NEXTGEN TV format. Based on the […]
Major Broadcasters Launch NEXTGEN TV on Four Local Television Stations in Indianapolis, IN
WRTV, WTTK, WTHR and WXIN Begin Broadcasting with New Technology Four leading local television stations in Indianapolis, including WRTV (ABC), WTTK (CBS), WTHR (NBC), and WXIN (FOX), today bring NEXTGEN TV, a revolutionary new digital broadcast technology, to the city. Based on the same fundamental technology as the Internet and digital apps, NEXTGEN TV can […]
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