ATSC News
President’s Memo: Springing into Fall
The fall always features a bonanza of conferences and tradeshows, offering opportunities to share and learn on a wide range of topics, and while most travel remains on hold for now, the conference schedule is “on” for fall 2020. The upcoming slate of events includes TVOT, IBC Showcase, CTA Fall Forum, IEEE BTS Symposium, Cable-Tec […]
ATSC Welcomes New Members
As summer gives way to fall, ATSC welcomes a bevy of organizations and individuals that joined the ATSC community in 2020 thus far. Our activities and projects benefit greatly from the diversity of our members. They come in all sizes, they come from all corners of the globe, and they bring a wide range of […]
Four Questions for Evoca, the new premium ATSC 3.0 service
Edge Networks operates two low-power ATSC 3.0 stations in Boise, Idaho and is now adding its first customers to a pay-TV service powered by next-generation television. The service is called “Evoca,” and an early access program has begun signing up subscribers. Edge CEO Todd Achilles, who has an extensive background in the wireless industry, answers […]
DASH Industry Forum Continues to Forge Adoption with ATSC 3.0
By Michael Dolan, Pearl TV Since the DASH Industry Forum (DASH IF) and ATSC joined forces in the fall of 2015 to adapt DASH IF’s specifications to meet the requirements of ATSC 3.0 – this collaboration has been providing the bridge technology for both broadcast and broadband delivery, including use of both transports concurrently, to […]
Someone You Should Know – Lonna Thompson
Lonna Thompson doesn’t settle for mundane. Growing up on the countryside of Pennsylvania, she raised unique animals including peacocks, a miniature pony, and a rescued chimpanzee.So, it should come as no surprise that the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of America’s Public Television Stations (APTS) thinks outside the box when it comes to […]
September Happenings
1 – TG3/S33, Specialist Group on Management and Protocols Planning Team 6 – Global Recognition of ATSC 3.0 2 – TG3/S32, Specialist Group on Physical Layer SFN/STL SG ATSC 3.0 Conformance Implementation Team 3 – Planning Team 8 – Core Network Technologies for Broadcast 8 – India Implementation Team TG3/S33, Specialist Group on Management and […]
And Now a Word From Our Sponsor: TitanTV
ATSC 2020 sponsor TitanTV, Inc is the broadcast industry’s foremost online software and information provider. It delivers real-time tools for signal prediction, PSIP metadata, ATSC 3.0/NextGen TV ESG Data and rich media services, online guides and more. TitanTV also provides a suite of program scheduling tools that enable broadcasters to efficiently maintain their schedules, whether for […]
Soundbite: Sasha Javid, Bitpath
“The good news is that the (ATSC 3.0) deployments are happening. Each time we do a market, we get a little bit faster, a little bit better at it.” – Sasha Javid, Chief Operating Officer, BitPath
NextGen TV hits Boise with channel package
By: Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman Minutes into a Zoom demonstration of Evoca, Todd Achilles is on the verge of going full-on propellerhead. Showing off the new, cutting-edge NextGen TV service, he’s mentioned ATSC 3.0, internet protocols, multiple audio tracks, redundant feeds, “the first converged broadcast/broadband system” — and Philo Farnsworth, the inventor who helped create television. “Maybe […]
TG3 Champion Dr. Richard Chernock Earns SMPTE Sarnoff Medal
Retired Triveni chief scientist Richard Chernock, who led the drive to create ATSC 3.0 standards during his chairmanship of ATSC’s Technology Group 3, is being honored by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers with the David Sarnoff Medal. This award recognizes outstanding contributions to the development of new techniques or equipment that have […]
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