ATSC News

CHAT ROOM: Consumers will love Next Gen TV

Posted on June 1, 2017 in ATSC News

In the Chat Room this month, THE STANDARD sat down with ATSC Board member Anne Schelle, Executive Director of Pearl TV, the business group representing nine of the largest broadcasting companies with more than 220 network-affiliated TV stations. She moderated a panel at the 2017 Next Gen TV Conference on consumer research about features and benefits of ATSC 3.0.

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SOMEONE YOU SHOULD KNOW…Giri Mandyam, Qualcomm

Posted on June 1, 2017 in ATSC News

Giri Mandyam, Chairman of the ATSC’s S34-3 Ad Hoc Group, is the Chief Security Architect of IoT and Automotive for Qualcomm. Under Mandyam’s leadership, S34-3 has successfully completed its work on the service layer definition. He’s also been an active participant in S34-4, which oversees development of the ATSC 3.0 runtime environment. Previously, Mandyam served as an official liaison between the ATSC and the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C).

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HAPPENINGS: June Event Calendar

Posted on June 1, 2017 in ATSC News

More than two dozen technology groups, specialist and ad hoc group and implementation team meetings are scheduled for the month ahead. June meetings, events and dates of interest to ATSC members, industry colleagues and key stakeholders.

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AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR…Samsung Electronics

Posted on June 1, 2017 in ATSC News

ATSC 2017 sponsor Samsung Electronics is a global technology leader and the world’s top-selling television brand. Within ATSC, Samsung employees are involved in a variety of technical groups, both as contributing experts and in leadership roles. Samsung played an integral role in the development of A/321, the “bootstrap” part of the ATSC 3.0 Physical Layer, and many other parts of ATSC 3.0.

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PRESIDENT’S MEMO: Broadcasters Have the Next Move

Posted on May 2, 2017 in ATSC News

Now that another NAB Show is in the history books, we at the ATSC were delighted and amazed to see our collective work on the ATSC 3.0 suite of standards virtually omnipresent at the event – from the “NextGenTV Hub” in the convention center’s Grand Lobby, to individual exhibitor booths, dozens of technical and business presentations, and in demonstrations at the ATSC 3.0 Pavilion and PILOT booth in Futures Park. The Korean pavilion in Futures Park, in particular, provided a glimpse into the launch of this new service that starts at the end of May. It’s clear that our colleagues in Korea are moving ahead at full steam.

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Soundbite

Posted on May 2, 2017 in ATSC News

“I think the NAB Show was an important inflection point for ATSC 3.0. With the lion’s share of the standard done and the FCC moving ahead on its rulemaking, broadcasters are making key decisions about the future of television enabled by 3.0.ˮ

– Dr. Jong G. Kim, Senior Vice President, LG Electronics; President Zenith R&D Lab

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CHAT ROOM: Next Gen TV High on FCC Chairman’s Agenda

Posted on May 2, 2017 in ATSC News

In the Chat Room this month, THE STANDARD had the privilege of sitting down with the Honorable Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, to get his views on Next Gen TV and the future of television for broadcasters and consumers.

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NAB SHOW REWIND ATSC 3.0 Achieves Mainstream Status

Posted on May 2, 2017 in ATSC News

The 2017 NAB Show may be looked back upon in the future as the moment when ATSC 3.0 next-generation TV standard went mainstream in the U.S. television industry. “I think it was three years ago,” recalled Advanced Television Systems Committee President Mark Richer, following the April 24 official opening of the NextGen TV Hub powered by ATSC 3.0 in the Grand Lobby of the Las Vegas Convention Center…

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TAKEWAYS: Best of NAB Show 2017

Posted on May 2, 2017 in ATSC News

THE STANDARD asked ATSC board members to chime in with their top takeaways from this year’s NAB Show.

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Register Now for May’s ATSC NextGen TV Conference

Posted on May 2, 2017 in ATSC News

When executives, technologists, policymakers and pundits gather in the Nation’s Capital this month for the “Next Gen TV Conference: Powered by ATSC 3.0,” they’ll experience the convergence of technology, business and policy related to the future of television. The two-day conference – the May 16 ATSC 3.0 technical workshop and May 17 Next Gen TV business and policy sessions – will be held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington.

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