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Date
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Story title |
| (09.06.06) |
PSIP Revisited: Getting it Right
Nearly two years after the FCC mandated the use of PSIP, reports can still be heard of stations struggling to get it right. |
| (07.12.06) |
Using AFD to Resolve Aspect Ratio Discrepancy
Active Format Description solves a troublesome problem in the transition from conventional 4:3 display devices to widescreen 16:9 displays, and also addresses the variety of aspect ratios that have been used over the years by the motion picture industry to produce feature films. |
| (05.10.06) |
ATSC Does Interactive TV Demonstration Project
The ATSC Planning Committee has undertaken a major demonstration project of the Advanced Common Application Platform interactive TV system.
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| (12.20.05) |
Work Progresses on DRL Standard
ATSC works to provide for automated ENG transmitter control, more efficient use of BAS
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| (09.07.05) |
ATSC Updates DTV
Standards
The ATSC has published revisions of several key standards--including
A/52, the Digital Audio Compression Standard (AC-3); A/53, the Digital
Television Standard; and A/110, the Synchronization Standard for
Distributed Transmission.
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| (07.06.05) |
Work on Digital
ENG Communications Begins
The ATSC has begun work on defining the basic parameters for digital
electronic newsgathering (D-ENG) communications systems.
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| (03.09.05) |
DTV Receiver
Performance Standards Recommended
A collaboration of broadcasters, consumer electronics manufacturers,
semiconductor manufacturers and other ATSC members.
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| (01.05.05) |
PMCP Standard
Approved
In a major step toward automated generation of PSIP data, the ATSC
published its newest standard A/76, "Programming and Metadata Communication
Protocol."
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| (11.10.04) |
ACAP Standard
Moves Forward
The result of a landmark effort between the ATSC DTV Application
Software Environment (DASE) and CableLabs' Open Cable Application
Platform (OCAP), the specification is now being balloted by the
ATSC Technology Group on Distribution (T3).
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| (09.08.04) |
Important New Standards
Published
This summer was a busy time for ATSC standards development, with
the adoption and publication of several important documents intended
to further the DTV transition.
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| (07.07.04) |
Advanced Audio Coding
Moves Forward
The ATSC has published two new Candidate Standards documenting enhancements
to the AC-3 digital audio compression standard and specifying its
use in digital television.
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| (03.10.04) |
Making PSIP
Work for Broadcasters
ATSC standards are, by and large, modular in scope. One standard
builds upon the functionality of another. This point is demonstrated
in the development of the ATSC's latest Candidate Standard known
as "Programming Metadata Communication Protocol" (PMCP).
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| (01.07.04) |
What We're
Working On and Why
With this issue we begin a bimonthly column that highlights current
activities within the Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc.
(ATSC).
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