ATSC News

Special Guest Column: The Digital Television Revolution

Posted on December 1, 2016 in ATSC News

For over 60 years, the United States and its millions of television viewers were well-served by an analog NTSC broadcast standard, originally adopted in 1941 and colorized in the 1950s. But, beginning in 1987 – spurred on by research and development taking place in other parts of the world – our government began to envision the potential of a greatly improved analog television system.

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SIDEBAR: How Time Flies

Posted on December 1, 2016 in ATSC News

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the FCC’s adoption of the ATSC 1.0 standard (Christmas Eve 1996), we’ve highlighted some fun facts from then and now.

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ATSC 3.0 Broadcasts to Deliver Data to Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

Posted on December 1, 2016 in ATSC News

The first public demonstration of important new business-to-business applications of ATSC 3.0 exemplifies how the Internet Protocol (IP) based broadcast standard will enable data services for the connected and autonomous vehicles of tomorrow.

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ATSC 3.0 Standard to be Ready by 2017 NAB Show

Posted on December 1, 2016 in ATSC News

ATSC is working to complete the ATSC 3.0 suite of documents before the annual NAB Show in April, which is a good “demarcation point” in that it tends to focus efforts and activities within the broadcast and related industries.

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Reach Decision Makers with 2017 ATSC Sponsorships

Posted on December 1, 2016 in ATSC News

Promote your organization to key stakeholders and support the ATSC’s vital mission of defining the future of television by signing on as a 2017 sponsor. Five 2017 ATSC sponsorship packages are available.

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ATSC 3.0? Humbug! A Next Gen TV Carol (With apologies to Chuck Dickens)

Posted on December 1, 2016 in ATSC News

A miserly old broadcaster named Ebenezer Scrooge is hunkered down at his TV station on a frigid Christmas Eve. His chief engineer, Bob Cratchit, slaves away in the back room, urging his boss again and again to make modest investments in ATSC 3.0 so they can survive until another Christmas. “Humbug!”

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And Now a Word from Our Sponsor…

Posted on December 1, 2016 in ATSC News

ATSC 2016 sponsor ONE Media is a technical development company whose mission is to be a catalyst and driver of innovation for over-the-air broadcasters. In concert with its joint venture partners, Sinclair Broadcast Group and Coherent Logix, ONE Media is at the forefront of the move to IP-based protocol, providing flexibility and evolvability to broadcasters looking to expand their businesses beyond television core offerings.

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President’s Memo: Vote Early and Often

Posted on November 1, 2016 in ATSC News

In this unprecedented election season, there’s a lot of voting going on this November. Certain ATSC members from Chicago like to say they “vote early and often.” I’m campaigning for all ATSC members to do the same. Members also are encouraged to vote in November on the slate of candidates for election to three-year terms on the ATSC Board of Directors to fill three vacant seats for board members whose terms expire at year-end.

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ATSC 3.0 World Series Broadcast a Home Run!

Posted on November 1, 2016 in ATSC News

The first live ATSC 3.0 broadcast of a major pro sporting event – Major League Baseball’s 2016 World Series – was a home run. Using the newly-standardized A/322 Physical Layer ATSC 3.0 Standard, Channel 31 in Cleveland transmitted simulcast network and local programming from Fox8 as the American League’s Cleveland Indians hosted the National League’s Chicago Cubs.

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ATSC and Allied Organizations Explore ATSC 3.0 Conformance Testing

Posted on November 1, 2016 in ATSC News

November 14 is the deadline for interested parties to respond to the ATSC’s Request for Information (RFI) related to the development of Conformance Test Suite Development and Conformity Assessment programs to support ATSC 3.0 implementation.

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