President’s Memo

Posted on August 1, 2013 in ATSC News

President’s Memo:  Future Ahead! While ATSC President Mark Richer recuperates from a brief illness, he’s asked me, as Chairman of the ATSC Board of Directors, to step in and pen this intro for the August edition of your favorite industry newsletter, THE STANDARD. In this issue, we report on the ATSC Board’s Strategic Planning meeting, […]

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NAB Issues Call for Papers

Posted on July 3, 2013 in ATSC News

Attention ATSC members: The Broadcast Engineering Conference (BEC) will be held at the 2014 NAB Show in Las Vegas next April.  The Call for Papers is now open and will close on Oct. 18. The six-day conference attracts the world’s leaders in broadcast technology, and has been doing so since 1946.  Always including lots of ATSC member […]

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SMPTE & Stanford Talk Tech

Posted on July 3, 2013 in ATSC News

ATSC members witnessed the collision – between Hollywood and Silicon Valley, that is.  “Entertainment Technology in the Internet Age” was the subject of a two-day conference from the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) and the Stanford University’s Center for Image Systems Engineering (SCIEN). Until recently, entertainment technology development and content deployment has […]

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Ultra HD, Internet, Second Screen Driving Change

Posted on July 3, 2013 in ATSC News

The exciting work by members of the Advanced Television Systems Committee on the emerging ATSC 2.0 and ATSC 3.0 standards will enable the future of television – from seamless integration of linear TV and online content to delivery of 4K Ultra High Def content. The ATSC’s efforts don’t happen in a vacuum. ATSC Standards now […]

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Member Profile: SONY’S Luke Fay

Posted on July 3, 2013 in ATSC News

Chair, ATSC TG3-S32 and Vice Chair, TG3 Many longtime ATSC members may not recognize Luke Fay. The talented software systems engineer is a busy man, juggling a young family alongside his international responsibilities for Sony. And he’s leading the charge to establish ATSC 3.0 physical layer capabilities. After earning his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering […]

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President’s Memo

Posted on July 3, 2013 in ATSC News

The sweltering heat is returning to the Nation’s Capital and even though the Dog Days of Summer are upon us, you wouldn’t know it at ATSC where intensive work continues on the development of next-generation TV standards. Of interest and particular relevance to our ATSC 2.0 and ATSC 3.0 standards efforts are discussions just last […]

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Florida First Responders Trying Mobile DTV

Posted on June 3, 2013 in ATSC News

Now that hurricane season is officially underway, TV viewers have a new option for staying informed about area storms — particularly when bad weather threatens cell service. The National Association of Broadcasters and the Florida Association of Broadcasters are joining with mobile TV service provider Dyle to loan up to 100 Dyle TV receivers to […]

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Sinclair’s Aitken Earns Lechner Recognition

Posted on June 3, 2013 in ATSC News

Mark Aitken is the 2013 recipient of the ATSC’s highest technical honor, the Bernard J. Lechner Outstanding Contributor Award.  The presentation was made during the ATSC Annual Meeting in May at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center. The Lechner Award is bestowed annually to an individual representative of the membership whose technical and leadership contributions […]

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SMPTE Entertainment & Internet Conference Approaching Fast

Posted on June 3, 2013 in ATSC News

ATSC members are invited to attend the June 18-19 “Entertainment Technology in the Internet Age” conference at Stanford University, produced by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers in partnership with the Stanford Center for Image Systems Engineering. The event will explore the technical, creative, and business requirements for delivering a compelling, high-quality, monetizable […]

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ATSC 2.0: Open MediaHub Concept

Posted on June 3, 2013 in ATSC News

Combining strengths of broadcast and Internet delivery technologies to provide a central, transparent mechanism for supplying high-quality broadcast content to any device connected to the home network By MARK CORL Chief Technology Officer, Triveni Digital To both hasten the acceptance of the new standard and to verify that the services defined are viable, the anew ATSC […]

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