ATSC 3 (ATSC 3.0 / NextGen TV) and other Advanced Television Systems Committee News

DISH Network® Introduces First Digital-to-Analog Converter Box With DVR: DTVPal™ DVR
Nov 11, 2008 – DISH Network (Nasdaq: DISH) has announced its much anticipated DTVPal™ DVR. The DTVPal™ DVR is the only digital-to-analog converter box sold in the U.S. that offers digital video recording functionality.
News categories: DTVPal, DISH Network, ATSC 3, Digital TV, DVR, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

Commerce's NTIA Releases TV Converter Box Coupon Program Request Rate by TV Market with 100 Days Until Digital TV Transition Concludes
Nov 10, 2008 – The Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has announced that 62 percent of all over-the-air households have requested coupons from the TV Converter Box Coupon Program.
News categories: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Coupon Program, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

Xceive and Conexant Deliver PCTV Reference Designs For Worldwide Markets
Nov 3, 2008 – Conexant (NASDAQ: CNXT) and Xceive have announced the availability of four jointly developed "PCTV" reference designs for worldwide markets featuring Conexant's broadcast audio/video (A/V) decoders and Xceive's silicon tuner.
News categories: Xceive, Conexant, ATSC 3, Cable TV, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

Korea - Digital TV Promotion Organisation Launches
Oct 30, 2008 – An alliance, named "DTV Korea," has been launched to prepare for the conversion to digital of Korea's terrestrial TV services by 2012.
News categories: DTV Korea, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Korea, Terrestrial

DISH Network® Launches Next-Gen Digital-To-Analog Converter Box: DTVPal™ Plus
Sep 24, 2008 – DISH Network (Nasdaq: DISH) has announced the availability of the DTVPal™ Plus digital-to-analog converter box. The DTVPal™ Plus offers all the features of the DTVPal™, plus an enhanced digital tuner for optimizing weak signal areas.
News categories: DTVPal, DISH Network, ATSC 3, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

Zentek announces Active Format Description software
Sep 19, 2008 – Zentek has announced the successful completion of Active Format Description (AFD) software for ATSC demodulators. AFD allows broadcasters to control the timing of the aspect ratio switches more accurately than using MPEG signaling alone.
News categories: Zentek, ATSC 3, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

ATSC Publishes New Standard For Advanced Video Coding
Sep 15, 2008 – The Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc. has approved and published A/72 which details the methodology to utilize Advanced Video Coding (AVC) within an ATSC DTV transmission.
News categories: Advanced Television Systems Committee, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, USA

SiTune lunches lowest-power universal mobile TV silicon Tuner
Sep 15, 2008 – SiTune Corporation has announced a state-of-the-art hybrid (universal) CMOS TV tuner. STN-25T1000 is a highly integrated tuner that exceeds all of global digital and analog TV standard requirements for under 150 mW.
News categories: SiTune, ATSC 3, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Mobile, Semiconductor, Terrestrial

UpdateLogic® Licenses UpdateTV Software to Zoran for Integration Into DTV Silicon Platforms
Sep 15, 2008 – UpdateLogic® has announced that Zoran (Nasdaq: ZRAN) has licensed the UpdateTV® solution for its embedded digital TV hardware platforms.
News categories: UpdateLogic, Zoran, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Middleware, Smart TV, Terrestrial, USA