The revision provides an overview and tutorial of the ATSC digital television system as defined in Standards A/52A and A/53B.

Last week in RF Report I mentioned that the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) had approved the Enhanced VSB (E-VSB) standard. The ATSC issued a news release last Tuesday announcing the approval. ATSC President Mark Richer commented, "E-VSB was developed in response to the desire of broadcasters to add more

The Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc. (ATSC) is developing a Recommended Practice that will establish voluntary guidelines for broadcast digital television (DTV) receiver performance. Although broadcasters have pressured the FCC to develop mandatory DTV receiver standards in the past, the commission so far h

The Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc. (ATSC) has published Candidate Standard 97 . The proposed standard is based on the ATSC Data Broadcast Standard A90 and can be used to update the software or firmware residing in consumer set-top boxes or DTV receivers, including operating system software, device dri

ATSC has approved a new standard, A/97, which allows DTV receiver makers to dynamically upgrade products in the field. The standard is geared towards terrestrial television broadcast systems and receivers and may be applied to cable or satellite, according to ATSC. With the new standard, consumer devices such as DTV

The Advanced Television Systems Committee adopted the A/153 ATSC Mobile DTV standard in mid October.

The Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) recently released its regulatory framework for the country's transition to digital over-the-air television following the ATSC standard. The rules do not set a deadline for a complete transition. The CRTC also asked for public feedback on proposed polici

In my upcoming July RF Technology column, I report on Andy Bater's NAB paper on work by the Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc. (ATSC) to develop voluntary guidelines for ATSC DTV receiver performance. Last week ATSC approved ATSC Recommended Practice: Receive Performance Guidelines (Document A74) . The Reco