ATSC News

COMMENTARY: Special ATSC 3.0 Needs of Public Broadcasters

Posted on September 3, 2018 in ATSC News

Pioneering U.S. terrestrial broadcasters are looking for next-generation TV to transform their businesses, providing them with a flexible system that helps them offer new services previously not possible. In these early days of ATSC 3.0, select commercial broadcasters are testing the technology and the business models through two main consortia of commercial broadcasters: Spectrum Co and Pearl TV.

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ROAD TO ATSC 3.0: Hot in Phoenix – Next Gen TV

Posted on September 3, 2018 in ATSC News

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai VISITED Phoenix late last month, meeting with broadcasters and consumer electronics companies behind the Phoenix Model Market, the groundbreaking Next Gen TV launchpad that signed “on the air” with its first ATSC 3.0 station just before the NAB Show.

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SPOTLIGHT: SOUTH KOREA – Consumers Begin to Embrace Next Gen TV

Posted on September 3, 2018 in ATSC News

South Korea literally paved the Road to ATSC 3.0, adopting its Next Gen TV standard in 2016 and launching 4K UHD ATSC 3.0 broadcasts in May 2017. Momentum continues to build since the landmark UHD broadcasts this year of the Winter Olympics and World Cup – Korean consumers are beginning to embrace Next Gen TV powered by ATSC 3.0.

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CHAT ROOM: Embracing Change

Posted on September 3, 2018 in ATSC News

In the Chat Room this month, THE STANDARD sat down with former ATSC Board Chairman Glenn Reitmeier, who was just volunteered to lead the new ATSC Planning Team on Future Video Technologies. The Senior Vice President at NBC Universal has been heavily involved in digital television since its inception, from his days at Sarnoff during the ATSC 1.0 development days a generation ago.

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TRIBUTE: Remembering Joe Flaherty

Posted on September 3, 2018 in ATSC News

Since HDTV pioneer and ATSC Director Emeritus Joseph Flaherty passed away last month at age 87, the tributes have been pouring in.  Flaherty, credited with co-founding the ATSC 35 years ago, led the planning committee on Dick Wiley’s FCC Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service, and was a global ambassador for HDTV, among many other accomplishments in his storied career.

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BACK TO SCHOOL: September Happenings

Posted on September 3, 2018 in ATSC News

Fall is in the air, and ATSC 3.0 is on the air.  With a particularly busy summer behind us, the ATSC and its members look forward to technology, specialist and ad hoc group meetings this month. Among other events, industry professionals are going “back to school,” in the first of a series of SBE and IEEE BTS educational activities related to ATSC 3.0. September conference calls, events and dates of interest to ATSC members, industry colleagues and key stakeholders.

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Someone You Should Know: Merrill Weiss

Posted on September 3, 2018 in ATSC News

Merrill Weiss’ primary work on ATSC 3.0 has been on the Physical and Applications layers, and he currently chairs a Small Group on the Scheduler/Studio-to-Transmitter Link (STL) of the Specialist Group on the Physical Layer (S32).

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AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR… Technicolor

Posted on September 3, 2018 in ATSC News

ATSC 2018 sponsor Technicolor focuses on “Innovation for the Future of Content.” With 200 researchers and engineers, Technicolor’s Research & Innovation Group partners with creative and technical teams from across Technicolor and its family of creative brands to pioneer the next wave of premium content and how these experiences are delivered to homes around the world.

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SOUNDBITES

Posted on September 3, 2018 in ATSC News

“Exciting to see the latest developments of Next Gen TV (ATSC 3.0) @PHXNextGenTV! It’s an Internet-based broadcast standard that promises major consumer benefits, from local emergency alerts to immersive audio to better accessibility.”

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s tweet while visiting the Pearl TV-led ATSC 3.0 Model Station project in Phoenix

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PRESIDENT’S MEMO: A Journey, Not a Destination

Posted on July 10, 2018 in ATSC News

In July and August, we continue our summertime road trip along the Road to ATSC 3.0.  For the ATSC and our members, this expressway has two parallel fast lanes: A) ongoing standards work to further enhance Next Gen TV, and B) support for broadcaster and manufacturer implementations of Next Gen TV powered by ATSC 3.0.

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