ATSC: Beyond Standards and a Look at the Future

摘要

As a standards development organization, the Advanced Television Systems Committee(ATSC) has been focused for the last several years on completing the ATSC 3.0 suite of standards.While amendments, corrigenda and other document extensions and maintenance are evergreen,ongoing activities in the standards realm, the ATSC mission also encompasses "looking around thecorner" for the Next Big Thing in the evolution of broadcast media. To this end, ATSC has formedPlanning Teams and other groups that are examining advanced broadcast technologies, automotiveapplications, global recognition of ATSC 3.0, developing a near-term service roadmap for ATSC 3.0services and features, convergence with international data transmission systems such as the Internetand 4G/5G, and other topics. This paper provides a historical perspective of the development of ATSC3.0, details on the ATSC 3.0 standard’s toolset to evolve in the future, the organizational capabilities ofATSC supporting investigation of new technologies, and a summary of the recent report from the ATSCPlanning Team on Future Broadcast Ecosystem Technologies. Together, these topics comprise thesteps being taken by ATSC toward developing a robust vision of the future of broadcasting.