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Article: ATSC Eyes Digital TV's Future.(Advanced T.V. Systems Committee)
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- Broadcasting & Cable
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- December 8, 2008
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By Glen Dickson
Mobile and non-real-time delivery are new opportunities for stations
Most broadcasters are fixated on the digital transition deadline of Feb. 17, 2009. But the head of the U.S. digital television standards body isn't paying much attention to that date.
Advanced Television Systems Committee President Mark Richer and his ATSC membership are more interested in digital television's future, when local stations will be able to do more than simply deliver high-definition and standard-def multicast linear programming to consumers. Although he has been involved in the digital TV movement since working on the FCC's Advisory Committee on ...