ATSC News

SOMEONE YOU SHOULD KNOW: Steve Calzone President, DTV Consulting

Posted on May 2, 2017 in ATSC News

Industry veteran Steve Calzone is perhaps best known in ATSC circles as Chairman of the Specialist Group on Conversion and Redistribution of ATSC 3.0 Services (TG3/S37). This group is creating the tools and recommended practices for broadcasters and MPVDs (multichannel video programming distributors), such as cable operators and Internet service providers.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING… May Event Calendar

Posted on May 2, 2017 in ATSC News

With scores of meetings on tap in May – for technology groups, specialist and ad hoc groups, implementation teams and the board of directors – it’s shaping up to be another busy month for the ATSC. While still basking in the glow of the April NAB Show, the ATSC looks forward to the May 16-17 “Next Gen TV Conference” in the Nation’s Capital.

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AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR… Cox Media Group

Posted on May 2, 2017 in ATSC News

ATSC 2017 sponsor Cox Media Group (CMG) is an integrated broadcasting, publishing, direct marketing and digital media company whose operations include 14 broadcast television stations and one local cable channel, 60 radio stations, six daily newspapers and more than a dozen non-daily publications, as well as more than 100 digital services.

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PRESIDENT’S MEMO: Spring Forward

Posted on April 3, 2017 in ATSC News

With spring comes the annual NAB Show and, as TV Technology’s Tom Butts points out in his editorial in this edition of THE STANDARD: “This is the year for ATSC 3.0, and Las Vegas in the last week of April will be the place to be.” The epicenter of next-generation television at the show will be the “Next Gen TV Hub: Powered by ATSC 3.0” in the Grand Lobby of the Las Vegas Convention Center. It will highlight a range of Next Gen TV features including better pictures, immersive audio, accessibility, hybrid broadcast-broadband TV, mobility, addressable advertising, audience measurement and advanced emergency alerting, even B2B automotive applications.

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Soundbite

Posted on April 3, 2017 in ATSC News

I want to leave as much flexibility as possible (in the FCC’s ATSC 3.0 rules) for the industry to innovate and change in the future to meet consumer demands. Ultimately, I’d like it to be next to nothing – just as it is with regards to how we handle the latest wireless standard.

-Michael O’Rielly, FCC Commissioner

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MARK YOU CALENDAR! Next Gen TV Conference – May 16-17

Posted on April 3, 2017 in ATSC News

The Advanced Television Systems Committee cordially invites members, broadcasting executives, TV station engineers, government officials and other interested stakeholders to the ATSC’s 2017 “Next Gen TV Conference,” May 16-17 in Washington, D.C.

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CHAT ROOM: Where Content Comes to Life

Posted on April 3, 2017 in ATSC News

In the Chat Room this month, THE STANDARD sat down with Sam Matheny, Executive VP and CTO at the National Association of Broadcasters and head of the NAB’s “PILOT” innovation initiative.  Along with his passions for scuba diving and duck hunting, he’s a Next Gen TV guru and zealous advocate for ATSC 3.0 THE STANDARD: […]

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Drive New Services, Revenues for TV Stations

Posted on April 3, 2017 in ATSC News

The investments that large- and medium-market TV stations make in Next Gen TV using the ATSC 3.0 standard can be recouped within three years, according to a new study of the commercial television broadcasting business by BIA/Kelsey.

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SOMEONE YOU SHOULD KNOW – Joe Snelson, Jr. Society of Broadcast Engineers

Posted on April 3, 2017 in ATSC News

Lifelong television fan Joe Snelson, Jr. is active in the ATSC, representing the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) in a half dozen ATSC groups. He’s the immediate past president of SBE, an organization with more than 5,000 members that provides education and information to broadcast engineers.

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EDITORIAL: NAB Show Marks ATSC 3.0’s Debut

Posted on April 3, 2017 in ATSC News

While our industry slowly makes the move to IP (slower than most realize), the transition to ATSC 3.0—which combines IP with over-the-air broadcasting—is on the fast track. There are still some issues yet to be resolved (primarily how the repack will affect the rollout and how ATSC 3.0 will be handled by MVPDs); however the standard is pretty much complete, and this year’s spring NAB Show will mark its coming-out party.

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