SAO PAULA Brazil—ATSC will show the latest range of ATSC 3.0 developments supporting Brazil’s DTV+ next-generation broadcast system at SET (the Brazilian Society of Television Engineering) Expo 2025, which opens tomorrow an concludes Aug. 21 at the Anhembi District Convention Center.

During the largest gathering of broadcasting, media, and entertainment executives in Latin America Cleverlogic/ETRI, DigiCAP/MaruENG, ENENSYS Technologies, HCLTech and MBC will demo their technologies for the DTV+ transition in the ATSC booth. Dielectric and Triveni Digital will exhibit their DTV+ solutions in their own booths.

“ATSC’s presence at SET Expo 2025 marks a pivotal moment in the adoption of ATSC 3.0, particularly in Latin America, and offers a great opportunity for the organization to meet with its growing membership and other influencers in the region,” said ATSC president Madeleine Noland. “The event highlights how the standard’s inherent extensibility –designed from its inception with evolving needs in mind—makes it ideally suited to serve Brazil’s DTV+ initiative. From multi-antenna delivery to advanced spectral efficiency, these innovations collectively represent the next evolution in broadcast technology.”

“Brazil’s TV 3.0 initiative is one of the most ambitious and forward-looking broadcast projects in the world, and SET Expo provides an essential venue to showcase how ATSC 3.0 technologies are being customized and deployed to support it. The demonstrations in our exhibit reflect the power, flexibility, and international reach of ATSC 3.0, and we’re proud to stand alongside our members and partners as we help enable the future of broadcasting in Brazil and beyond,” Noland said.

Noland will speak this evening on the eve of the expo during the “Internationalization of the Standard – from Alaska to Patagonia” panel during the SET Expo 2025 Technology Congress at 5 p.m.

ATSC booth demos will include:

• Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) and Cleverlogic, demoing advanced ATSC 3.0 MIMO extension technology, featuring real-time RF signal transmission and reception using a fully integrated FPGA-based system and support for Layered Division Multiplexing (LDM), Multiple Input, Multiple Output (MIMO) and Transmitter Identification (TxID).
• DigiCAP, featuring its DigiCaster air chain featuring VVC+LCEVC and MPEG-H encoder support complemented by a Spectrum Resource Management (SRM) system that optimizes Physical Layer Pipes (PLP) and maintains high quality of service (QoS).
• HCLTech, showing its Broadcast Core Network featuring an Agentic AI framework to empower broadcasters to monetize spectrum, delivering advanced datacasting and managing media intelligently.
• ENENSYS Technologies, which will unveil an end-to-end DTV+/TV 3.0 transmission solution supporting UHD, immersive audio, datacasting and emergency alerts—an interoperable system that includes MediaCast ATSC, SmartGate ATSC and Vortex III to enable MIMO, LDM and TxID.
• Munhwa Broadcasting Corp. (MBC), demonstrating a broadcast-based Enhanced GPS system offering centimeter-level position accuracy.

Cleverlogic and Kathrein will sponsor receptions at the ATSC exhibit on Aug. 19 and 20 at 5 p.m., respectively.

During the expo, Dielectric will be highlighting its new partnership with Foccus Digital, a Brazilian company specializing in integration of transmission and production solutions.

The companies will join forces to supply a broad array of TV and FM radio projects, including low-power systems, with Foccus Digital’s full-service approach across distribution, integration and local service, Dielectric said.

During the show, Dielectric will preview a new ATSC 3.0 antenna and filter developed for the Brazilian DTV market, it said.

Dielectric’s development of a new specialized ATSC 3.0 antenna will support Foccus Digital’s efforts for the latter, providing their in-country sales with a dual-input solution built to deliver “TV 3.0” services within Brazil’s 300MHz band. Dielectric’s new TEM Series MIMO antenna will adapt the same horizontal and vertical polarization ratio of its other ATSC 3.0 antennas to improve mobile penetration and increase data throughout, it said.

Triveni Digital will exhibit its comprehensive TV 3.0 lineup during the expo, including its advanced broadcast chain, service delivery and quality assurance solutions.

The company’s product suite simplifies broadcast chain orchestration, enhancing service quality assurance and streamlining configuration management. Triveni will also demonstrate support for BAMT and BALD tables in GuideBuilder XM, MIMO/LDM capabilities in its Broadcast Gateway and cloud deployment options across its TV 3.0 product line.

Triveni Digital will feature its Station Manager, which simplifies configuration management and orchestration of broadcast chain elements. Station Manager offers centralized control of diverse workflows, including virtual channels, with support for both on-premises and cloud deployments, it said.

The company will demo its StreamScope XM family, which includes a stream analyzer, monitor and enterprise-wide Service Quality Assurance product. Designed to support TV 3.0 environments, StreamScope XM provides real-time diagnostics and quality assurance for ROUTE, MMTP, and STLTP streams, it said.

See ATSC at SET Expo 2025 Booth 25.

See Dielectric at SET Expo 2025 Booth 33C.

See Triveni Digital at SET Expo 2025 Booth P20.

More information is available on the ATSC, Dielectric and Triveni Digital websites.

(Editor’s note: The Brazilian initiative to identify the technologies upon which to build the nation’s next-generation broadcast system has been and is referred to as “TV 3.0.” The nation’s new broadcast system, which includes the ATSC 3.0 physical layer and other components of the standards suite, is now called “DTV+.”)

PRINCETON, N.J.—Triveni Digital has announced that it will be exploring a number of new NextGen TV/ATSC 3.0 technologies and innovations at the 2024 NAB Show. 

More specifically, the company's senior vice president of emergent technology development, Mark Corl, will share ATSC 3.0 advancements at the 2024 NAB Show and at co-located events. Through his sessions at TechConnect 2024 and the Broadcast Engineering and IT Conference (BEITC), Corl will highlight innovative new features on the horizon for ATSC 3.0 as well as provide insights into Broadcast Positioning System (BPS) mesh networks.

"ATSC 3.0 continues to evolve, offering new features and use cases that I'm excited to share with the broadcast community at this year's NAB Show," said Corl. "My session at the BEITC will focus on BPS, which is a complementary positioning, navigation, and timing system to GPS. I look forward to exploring why it is critical to deploy a complementary nationwide monitoring system and share concepts for constructing a network of transmitters using ATSC 3.0 transmission towers and synchronization equipment."

Corl's session at the BEITC, "BPS as the Complementary PNT Solution," will describe how BPS can supply highly accurate traceable time for critical infrastructure at a relatively low cost. Corl will illustrate the design of a BPS transmitter mesh network that allows for nationwide time synchronization based entirely on ATSC 3.0 broadcasts, with outstanding accuracy. The session will examine the overall architecture and equipment needed to allow such a mesh network to be implemented. Corl's BEITC session will take place on Sunday, April 14, at 11:30 a.m. PDT in room W222-223.

Just prior to the NAB Show, Corl will also join a panel of experts at TechConnect 2024 organized by the Public Media Venture Group to offer insights on new features coming to ATSC 3.0. The session will cover the growing ATSC 3.0 suite of standards and provide updates on emerging features such as tower networking, LDM and MIMO, audio-only and radio services, advanced emergency services, and automotive implementations. The panel discussion will take place on Friday April 12 at 11:45 a.m. PDT at the Renaissance Las Vegas Ballroom.

Corl is currently the chair of the ATSC 3.0 Specialist Group on Interactive Content, the ATSC Caribbean Implementation Team, and the ATSC India Implementation Team. His sessions at the BEITC and TechConnect will draw from his unparalleled understanding of ATSC 3.0 and more than 25 years of experience in product engineering and architecture.

More information about Corl's BEITC session is here and details about his TechConnect panel discussion are here.

Further information about Triveni Digital is available at www.TriveniDigital.com.

PRINCETON, N.J.—Triveni Digital executives will offer their insight, expertise and practical deployment strategies related to ATSC 3.0 at the 2023 NAB Show and at industry forums leading up to the event, the company revealed today.

"ATSC 3.0 is the next generation of television, and we're excited to share how broadcasters can enhance their revenues in the new age of NextGen TV," said Ralph Bachofen, vice president of sales and marketing at Triveni Digital. "At the 2023 NAB Show, we'll share our strategies for how to transition to NextGen TV smoothly while advising on optimal bandwidth speeds, providing tips for delivering revenue-enhancing datacasting services and examining other unique ways that this new standard can be utilized."

Events where the company’s executives will speak include:

• The Broadcast Engineering and Information Technology Conference: Company senior vice president of emergent technology development Mark Corl will co-present a “Case Study of Developing an Emission Time Stabilization Proof-of-Concept Prototype for ATSC 3.0-based Broadcast Positioning System,” April 15 at 3 p.m. in the West Hall Meeting Rooms W219-W222. The session will examine a backup for GPS.
• The Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) Ennes Workshop: The company will present during three sessions April 14-15 at the Westgate Resort meeting rooms 7-10, including: Dave Catapano, senior vice president of engineering on NextGen TV signaling protocols, April 14 at 1:30 p.m.; Bachofen on test equipment, April 14 at 4:30 p.m.; and Corl on Receiver Application/Broadcaster Application (BA/RA) and IP-based services, April 15 at 1 p.m.
• The Public Media Venture Group’s Technology Summit: Corl will present “Differentiating & Innovating with NextGen TV Content,” April 13 at 9 a.m. at the Renaissance Las Vegas Hotel. He also will present a session on “Improving ATSC 3.0 Coverage With SFNs and On-Channel Repeaters,” April 13 at 11:45 a.m.

The company will show its suite of 3.0 solutions at the NAB Show.

See Triveni Digital at NAB Show booth W3251.

More information is available on the company’s website.

CLEVELAND—Triveni Digital this week announced it has joined with NAB, the Consumer Technology Association, Tribune Broadcasting and other technology companies in setting up an operational ATSC 3.0 test station at Tribune’s WJW in Cleveland. The test station will serve as “a neutral laboratory” in the words of Lynn Claudy, senior vice president of technology for NAB. It will test “anything and everything” related to the next-generation television standard.

Triveni Digltal's StreamScope XM MT at the ATSC 3.0 Test Station WJW-TV in Cleveland.

All broadcasters and technology vendors are welcome to participate in the 3.0 test station to evaluate and experiment with the new capabilities enabled by ATSC 3.0, he said. “With companies like Triveni Digital spearheading this effort, the industry will be well-prepared to go on-air with ATSC 3.0," said Claudy. The test station is using Triveni Digital’s GuideBuilder XM signaling and announcement generator to ingest schedule updates from listing services, apply them to relevant services and output program and service guide data to multiplexers.

The setup will make it possible for WJW to test delivery of advanced electronic programming and service guides and localized emergency alerts. The company’s StreamScope XM MT is deployed to analyze ATSC 3.0 streams and data structures to detect and resolve errors quickly.

“We got our part on the air about a month and a half ago and have been working on integration with other vendors,” says Ralph Bochofen, vice president of sales and marketing for Triveni Digital in Princeton, N.J. “We have been working closely with the Harmonic team on the encoding and packager side. On the gateway side, we have been working with Enensys. We are the plumbing in between.”

For a comprehensive list of TV Technology’s ATSC 3.0 coverage, see our ATSC3 silo.

PRINCETON, N.J.—Triveni Digital announced a new HEVC functionality for its StreamScope MT-50 transport stream analysis and troubleshooting tool, enabling users to address the growing consumer demand for 4K television services. Through advanced features such as HEVC support, intelligent filtering, closed-captioning analyses, and audio monitoring, the StreamScope MT-50 allows operators to detect and resolve transport stream errors.

The StreamScope MT-50 supports a broad range of video compression schemes, from HEVC to H.264 and MPEG-2, supporting operators seeking to transition to an all-HEVC infrastructure. The software-based platform can be upgraded as new video formats and compression algorithms emerge..

The new HEVC capability is available for all versions of the StreamScope MT-50, including the StreamScope Portal, an ultraportable, touchscreen tablet-based analyzer featuring the industry’s most comprehensive MPEG analysis engine. The HEVC capability is also part of the StreamScope MT-50 HDT, which offers a 10 GigE interface option and a 16:9 HD touchscreen for easy, efficient transport stream analysis and troubleshooting.
In addition to HEVC support, the StreamScope MT-50 includes advanced closed-caption and audio monitoring features to guarantee a world-class audio experience for viewers. Transport stream errors are classified and filtered based on error severity scales defined by industry standards, such as DVB-SI, SCTE-142, and ATSC A/78, allowing for quick error resolution. Through the StreamScope MT-50, operators can store error reports over a long period of time to perform post-mortem analyses and keep thorough records for compliance with industry regulations.