ATSC News

‘SUP THIS MONTH? April Event Calendar

Posted on April 3, 2017 in ATSC News

Spring has sprung, and ATSC meetings are sprouting up all month – more than two dozen scheduled April meetings and conference calls to be exact.  The month builds to a crescendo at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, kicking off over the April 22-23 weekend with ATSC 3.0 sessions at the NAB Broadcast Engineering Conference.  […]

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AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR… PBS

Posted on April 3, 2017 in ATSC News

ATSC 2017 sponsor PBS has been an enthusiastic supporter of ATSC television broadcast standards from the very beginning. As a proud ATSC member since 1984, PBS contributed to the development of ATSC 1.0 in the early 1990s and supported its adoption by the FCC in 1996, which ultimately paved the way for the broadcast industry’s switch from analog to digital transmission.

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CHAIRMAN’S MEMO: Bullish Outlook

Posted on March 6, 2017 in ATSC News

I’ve never been more bullish about the future of television. Virtually all of the key elements of the next-generation television broadcast standard called ATSC 3.0 are essentially done. Many C-suite broadcast executives are now focused on dealing with the spectrum repack and developing business models to take television to the next level for decades to come. And, equally significant, the FCC is on a fast track to adopt rules, hopefully this year, for the voluntary implementation of Next Gen TV using our standard.

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STANDARDS PROGRESS Big Headway on More ATSC 3.0 Elements

Posted on March 6, 2017 in ATSC News

As the saying goes, March is roaring in like a lion, especially this year at the ATSC. There’s significant headway on more elements of the ATSC 3.0 suite of next-generation television standards.

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SOUNDBITE

Posted on March 6, 2017 in ATSC News

“We can’t fall behind on technology or our ability to provide the very best experience and services to our viewers who count on us every day. Local broadcasters make a difference, and the new ATSC 3.0 standard will help us continue to enhance our services to the communities and families that rely on us.”

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CHAT ROOM High Dynamic Range of Opportunities

Posted on March 6, 2017 in ATSC News

In the Chat Room this month, THE STANDARD sat down with Madeleine Noland, who chairs S34 (the Specialist Group on ATSC 3.0 Applications & Presentation). Noland, of LG Electronics, has been leading the inter-industry dialogue about high dynamic range or HDR, a key element of the ATSC A/341 Candidate Standard for video coding.

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DASHing TO THE FINISH LINE Transport Layer Key to Broadband-Broadcast Convergence

Posted on March 6, 2017 in ATSC News

ATSC 3.0 specifications are DASHing toward the finish line. Standardization efforts are not only on a fast pace, but they’re also making use of MPEG DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) technology. DASH is a transport technology that’s widely deployed over broadband to deliver media to most consumer devices with a display. This DASH technology is now being adapted to be used over the ATSC 3.0 broadcast transport.

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SOMEONE YOU SHOULD KNOW Thomas Stockhammer – Qualcomm

Posted on March 6, 2017 in ATSC News

Dr. Thomas Stockhammer is the Technical Standards Director at Qualcomm Incorporated who leads the DASH-IF effort to define a DASH profile for ATSC. He is involved in TG3-6 AHG specialist group on DASH-IF, TG3/S33 specialist group on Management and Protocols, TG3/S33-1 AHG specialist group on Service Delivery and Synchronization, and TG3/S34-2 AHG specialist group on Audio for ATSC 3.0.

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GETTING FROM HERE TO ATSC 3.0 Next-gen standard ‘changes everything’

Posted on March 6, 2017 in ATSC News

Since we started talking about a next-generation broadcast standard back in 2010, hundreds of people from around the world have contributed to the development of ATSC 3.0. We knew its creation would be a lot of work, but we also understood the potential of such a standard to support the ongoing viability of the broadcast industry and to enable valuable new business models for broadcasters.

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ATSC 3.0 GOES GLOBAL Capabilities Highlighted at Broadcast Conference in India

Posted on March 6, 2017 in ATSC News

India is a democracy with a billion-plus people in over 600,000 cities and villages – and more than 1,000 TV services, 1,400 television stations, a smartphone market likely to touch 500 million. ATSC 3.0 is the ideal fit for the “Digital India” program with mobile-first services, advanced data delivery as well as emergency and educational connectivity.

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