Richer on ATSC Momentum

Posted on May 1, 2014 in ATSC News

President Richer Offers His Perspective with Answers to Big Questions Evolving ATSC standards seemed to be on everyone’s lips at the NAB Show.  What did you hear from attendees about the work now underway for ATSC 2.0 and ATSC 3.0? Mark Richer:  There was a real sense of excitement about the work we are doing […]

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Saluting Television Luminaries

Posted on May 1, 2014 in ATSC News

Lechner, Bendov, Brinkley each made indelible mark ATSC this month mourns the loss of three broadcast TV champions, each making a significant contribution to today’s digital TV landscape. “Bernie Lechner, Oded Bendov, and Joel Brinkley each brought a different focus to the advanced television cause, shepherding technical developments and reporting on how the digital TV […]

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President’s Memo

Posted on April 2, 2014 in ATSC News

April 2014 With the long winter behind us, spring has finally sprung. And that means one of the busiest times for the ATSC and our members, a record level of activity led by the fast pace of our standards work. We’ll hit the pause button on that work next week as ATSC members descend on […]

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Ballot Report

Posted on April 2, 2014 in ATSC News

New TG1 Ballots Pending Three new TG1 ballots, including advancement of two Candidate Standards to Proposed Standard status, were authorized by the Technology and Standards Group at the March 13 meeting and will be issued in early April: A/72 Part 3 – “Candidate Standard: Video and Transport Subsystem Characteristics of MVC for 3D-TV Broadcast in […]

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Member Profile: Kent Walker, Qualcomm

Posted on April 2, 2014 in ATSC News

Kent Walker is the Vice President of Technology at Qualcomm Inc. He stays connected to the ATSC through his work leading Qualcomm’s evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (eMBMS) team in corporate research and development. Walker earned both his bachelor’s and master’s engineering degrees (and a certificate in acoustical engineering) at the Georgia Institute of Technology.  […]

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Sponsorships Available

Posted on April 2, 2014 in ATSC News

2014 ATSC Broadcast Television Conference: Today, Tomorrow & Beyond The ATSC appreciates the continued strong support of our member organizations! We’re still accepting sponsors for our May 8th marquee event, 2014 ATSC Broadcast Television Conference: Today, Tomorrow & Beyond.  Please see below for a list of benefits for each sponsorship level.   2014 ATSC BROADCAST […]

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Broadcast Television Conference Looks to Tomorrow with Special Session on Next-Generation Broadcast Standard

Posted on March 11, 2014 in Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Registration now open for Advanced Television Systems Committee annual gathering and ‘Boot Camp’ primer on ATSC 3.0 WASHINGTON, D.C – Mar 11, 2014 The evolution of television broadcasting — to include Ultra High-Definition transmission, Internet compatibility, enhanced interactivity, on-demand options, improved audience measurement tools, new audio and video functions, and robust mobility […]

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President’s Memo

Posted on March 5, 2014 in ATSC News

March 2104 As we head into a very busy spring at the ATSC, this is the perfect time to highlight some of the many opportunities to get involved in our important work that’s defining the future of broadcast television. Since the ATSC’s inception in 1983, our success has been resulted from the active participation of […]

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Seidel Receiving NAB Honor

Posted on March 5, 2014 in ATSC News

Long-time television technology innovator Robert Seidel of CBS has been named the 2014 recipient of the NAB Television Engineering Achievement Award. Seidel will be honored at the NAB Show Technology Luncheon April 9 in Las Vegas. “Bob Seidel was on the front lines leading the launch of technologies such as HDTV and multichannel sound,” said […]

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Three Questions for TG1

Posted on March 5, 2014 in ATSC News

Michael Dolan took over as Chairman of TG1 at the beginning of 2014.  Here are three quick questions about TG1 and its work with ATSC 2.0: Question:  What’s on the work plan for TG1 in the coming months? Dolan:  We’ll be getting all the ATSC 2.0 components into “Candidate Standard” status and then final approval.  […]

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