ATSC News
First Dozen Certified as SBE ATSC 3.0 Specialists
2021 NAB Show First to Offer On-Site ATSC 3.0 Exam The Society of Broadcast Engineers’ new certification program has garnered its first group of ATSC 3.0 Specialists, with a dozen people now officially certified by SBE. The new level of certification was developed by the Society of Broadcast Engineers Certification Committee, chaired by Ralph Hogan, […]
Successful ‘Technical Integration’ at the Core of Year-Old Portland Test of Seven ATSC 3.0 Channels via Comcast
REPRINTED FROM BROADCASTING & CABLE The field trial in Portland, Oregon, involving Comcast’s carriage of seven local broadcast TV channels’ all-IP NextGen TV signals – still underway – is being deemed “successful.” “We integrated” the ATSC 3.0 technology with the cable network, said Anne Schelle, managing director of Pearl TV, who has been overseeing the process to […]
Retired Lt. Gen. Underscores Life-Saving Potential Of ATSC 3.0
WASHINGTON, D.C.—While much attention is focused on ATSC 3.0’s advanced emergency alerting capabilities like geo-targeting warnings and TV wakeup, retired Lt. Gen. Reynold Hoover May 25 during the first day of the virtual 2021 AWARN Summit illustrated precisely why the technology’s ability to disseminate information post-event may ultimately prove to be its most valuable quality […]
Getting Ready For NEXTGEN TV
As pandemic-driven restrictions start to ease around the country, U.S. broadcasters are increasing their focus on rolling out ATSC 3.0 (aka NextGen TV). Despite some hurdles imposed by Covid-19, more than two dozen stations over the past year have transitioned, and interest among others is growing. In this, the first installment of a two-part article, […]
Someone You Should Know – Kerry Oslund, The E.W. Scripps Company
Kerry Oslund is excited about NextGen TV’s future, but ATSC 3.0 also has him tapping into the exhilaration of innovations of the past as Vice President of Strategy and Business Development for The E.W. Scripps Company. “Except for vividly remembering Walt Disney’s ‘Wonderful World of Color,’ I wasn’t old enough to fully appreciate the debut and ramped […]
And Now a Word from Our Sponsor: Eurofins
Eurofins Digital Testing has been working consistently to support the roll-out of ATSC 3.0 standards and the adoption of the NEXTGEN TV logo. Through our participation in the ATSC Conformance Implementation Team and other ATSC groups we have been at the forefront of developments in the standards, working in collaboration with other organizations to ensure […]
NextGen TV: BitPath, CAST.ERA and ONE Media Demo `Enhanced GPS’
ARLINGTON, Va.,—In an important demonstration of some of the new services that NextGen TV can offer, BitPath, CAST.ERA and ONE Media have delivered “Enhanced GPS” broadcasts that could provide a major new tool for autonomous vehicle navigation and other applications. The demo broadcast of “Enhanced GPS” (eGPS) data using ATSC 3.0 showed it could deliver […]
PBS NORTH CAROLINA AND NC DEPT. OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AWARDED GRANT TO CONTINUE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS ENHANCEMENTS
Device Solutions Inc. Leads PBS NC and NCDIT in Grant from the Department of Homeland Security RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, 6/3/2021 — PBS North Carolina, jointly with the North Carolina Department of Informational Technology (NCDIT)’s First Responder Emerging Technologies (FirstTech) program and North Carolina-based Device Solutions Inc., announces the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant […]
2021 NAB Show Registration Now Open
Registration is open for the 2021 NAB Show, taking place October 9–13, 2021 in Las Vegas. NAB Show co-located events, including Radio Show and NAB’s Sales and Management Television Exchange (SMTE), have also opened registration. “We look forward to delivering the first live, major domestic industry event following a long hiatus for all events,” said Chris Brown, EVP/Managing Director, […]
President’s Memo: Optimization
This past month several TV stations in Sacramento, California filed for their ATSC 3.0 transmission licenses with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, bringing the number of NextGen license filings in the FCC database to 140. According to watchnextgentv.com watchnextgentv.com, my hometown of Boston, Massachusetts is slated to begin transmitting ATSC 3.0 signals in the coming […]
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