Recently, the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) released its Media Hash List (MHL) specification to bring standardization to the media transfer process. The raw amount of data produced in the media and entertainment industry has never been greater than it is today, and will continue to grow well into the future. Similarly, there are now more data transfer points than ever before.
The controversial sunset of ATSC1
With this North America focus on Nextgen TV, Stan Moote with cover various topics with the experts on Nextgen TV, including the recent ATSC3.0 markets to go on-air, set deployment, where does UHD 4K fit in, the practicalities of Non-Real Time data (NRT data), and the sunset of ATSC 1.0.
RIST and SRT overview: what to choose and why
New times place new demands in terms of data transfer speeds and delivery reliability, while the amount of content being transferred keeps growing.
Setting the Stage for NextGen TV
Between the current pandemic and the 2020 election season, the broadcast industry has had a lot to talk about besides ATSC 3.0. Deployments were slowed somewhat by COVID-19, but the pace has begun to pick up again.
In Conversation with GatesAir
In this IABM TV interview, Bruce Swail (CEO, GatesAir) discusses GatesAir’s role in getting ATSC 3.0 ready for the masses, their global strategy & the future of radio.
LTN Global Presents: Delivering Addressable TV Using Open Standards.
Alan Young, LTN Global’s CTO and Head of Strategy and Bryan McGuirk, SVP Business Development, will provide an overview of the Open Addressable Ready (OAR) ecosystem for delivering addressable TV on smart TVs. In their presentation they will describe how the end-to-end system operates in an open standards compliant manner using video watermarks based on the ATSC 3.0 A/335 standard as well as the IAB’s VAST specification. Alan will conclude by outlining how the key technical and business challenges have been overcome to enable broadcasters and cable networks to move to full commercial launches on Vizio smart TVs and other addressable platforms in 2020.
