The FCC should revise its DTV rules to take into account developm...
The FCC should revise its DTV rules to take into account developments in the ATSC DTV standard, ATSC President Mark Richer and Chairman Glenn Reitmeier said in a filing. Mainly, the rules should reflect the fact that ATSC has…
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divided the DTV standard into six parts -- DTV Systems, RF/Transmission System Characteristics, Service Multiplex and Transport Subsystem Characteristics, MPEG-2 Video System Characteristics, AC-3 Audio System Characteristics, and Enhanced AC-3 Audio System Characteristics, they said. Furthermore, ATSC is developing new technologies that improve on the DTV standard, such as the ability to broadcast TV signals to mobile and handheld devices, they said. The group is working on a “ATSC 2.0” standard that will incorporate non-realtime transmission and interactive TV capabilities with enhanced fixed indoor reception features, they said.