And Now a Word from Our Sponsors

Posted on July 24, 2017 in ATSC News

Triveni Digital

As a leading provider of products for program guide and metadata management, data broadcasting, and service quality assurance to broadcasters, 2017 ATSC sponsor Triveni Digital stays at the forefront of evolving technologies and industry standards. The company has devoted significant resources to the development of the next-generation broadcast ecosystem, including the ATSC 3.0 suite of standards. Triveni Digital’s Chief Science Officer, Dr. Richard Chernock, chairs the TG3 Technology Group defining and documenting ATSC 3.0, and other technical staff members are active participants in TG3 committees. In addition, Triveni Digital is building on its tradition of support for strategically important broadcast initiatives, such as advanced emergency alerting, by partnering with other industry players. 

A key focus for the company’s development effort is a platform that provides unified support for the multiplicity of emerging new broadcast service concepts, in order to more fully exploit the power of combined broadcast and broadband content delivery. The unifying theme of these services is the management and delivery of data elements that power broadcaster service extensions, such as addressability (which enables targeted ads), interactivity, and cost-effective non-real time content delivery. Help celebrate employee-owned Triveni Digital’s 20th Anniversary by working with us on next generation TV deployment!

National Association of Broadcasters

NAB, a proud 2017 ATSC sponsor, is accepting submissions for its second PILOT Innovation Challenge. The PILOT Innovation Challenge recognizes the continuous evolution of the broadcast industry and calls on creative thinkers, entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs to submit their ideas for accelerating broadcast innovation in response to this year’s challenge question: “What is an unconventional way broadcasters and other local media could serve communities?”

Applicants are required to submit a title, description of their proposed concept, an illustration and a simple business case explaining the concept’s viability. The submission must address the challenge question and will be evaluated for its originality, creativity and plan to demonstrate the potential of the idea. The first-place winner will receive $30,000, second place $25,000, third place $20,000 and three Innovator Awards $15,000 to assist with prototyping, in addition to expert guidance and the opportunity to participate at NAB Futures and the 2018 NAB Show. The submission deadline is Sept. 22. More information is available on the Challenge web page.

PILOT

PILOT is a coalition of innovators, educators and advocates dedicated to advancing broadcast technology and cultivating new media opportunities. PILOT propels broadcast television and radio into the future. It provides a platform for innovation, an engine for incubation, a venue for testing new technologies and a forum for broadcaster education. PILOT and NAB have been heavily engaged in the development of Next Gen TV, and NAB is proud to have worked with ATSC since its formation 35 years ago all the way through today’s development of the ATSC 3.0 suite of standards. Keep up with PILOT’s activities through its website, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

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