The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 protocol will be on display at this year’s National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show in Las Vegas. ATSC 3.0 is the newest version of this protocol that covers both broadcast and internet-based transmissions. ATSC 3.0 is important because it allows for both 4K and high dynamic range (HDR) video.
Live transmissions using the ATSC 3.0 protocol will be on display at the Broadcast Pavilion and Consumer Experience sections of the NAB show. These transmissions will originate on the NAB floor and sent to prototype receivers. There will also be plenty of ATSC 3.0-ready equipment on display, including encoders, signal analyzers, multiplexers, and more.
The committee responsible for creating ATSC 3.0 approved it as the new standard just last week:
The Advanced Television Systems Committee(ATSC) developing the Next Generation Broadcast Transmission Standard (ATSC 3.0) has voted to approve as a Full Standard the key element of the Physical Layer, the so-called “Bootstrap” or the Discovery and Signaling feature of the standard. The Bootstrap includes the designs developed by ONE Media and supported by other broadcasters and equipment manufacturers, including notably the Pearl TV consortium of broadcast companies and the largest global television manufacturer, Samsung. With this approval, the first essential piece of the new paradigm in broadcasting is set.
If you’re attending the 2016 NAB Show and you’d like to learn more about ATSC 3.0, you can find related exhibits and vendors by using this predefined search on the NAB Show website.