2019 Call for White Papers / Presentations
Speaker/White Paper proposals are now being accepted for the 2019 LPTV Day April 8, 2019 at NAB. Produced by the Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance during NAB in Las Vegas, LPTV day includes p...
Category Archives: News Release
Call for Entries-LPTV 2019 Awards
The ATBA is hosting the 5th Annual LPTV Awards during NAB 2019. Here is your opportunity to shine the light on your work and the excellence in the LPTV Industry. The winners will be presented ...
ATBA LPTV 2019 Sponsorship Opportunities during NAB
2019 LPTV Sponsorships are now available. More ready for our 2019! Westgate Hotel next door to the North Hall. Ballrooms D & E at 6pm for ATBA members and VIP’s 7pm for everyone ...
ARK Mediacom demonstrates first end-to-end 5G broadcast network
ATBA member, ARK Mediacom, Inc. (ARK), has successfully conducted the first end-to-end delivery of IP multicast content utilizing the nextgen standard of ATSC 3.0 from origination to the edge. This i...
National EAS Test Rescheduled for Oct. 3
FEMA’s National EAS test previously planned for Sept. 20, 2018, has been delayed to the backup date, Oct. 3, 2018, following the effects of Hurricane Florence. The times for the test have not c...
Hyperlocal Political Ads Should Serve As Major Wake-Up Call
The ad opens in a grocery store. The text on the screen says: “If life was like politics.” The letters in “Politics” are evenly divided—the four to left are blue; the four to the right are red. They’...
Pai Sees ATSC 3.0 Benefits Firsthand In Phoenix
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai described the ongoing trial of ATSC 3.0 as “really exciting” Aug. 19 after a visit to the Univision station in town for a demo of Next-Gen TV. In a video tweeted by Pai, the cha...
ARK Mediacom Launching the 5G of Broadcasting
August 21, 2018 – ARK Mediacom (ARK) announces its formation and partnership with Edge Spectrum Inc. (ESI). This new company will leverage the expansive spectrum footprint of ESI to deploy its...
Raycom, Gray Television Agree To Merge
At a 2017 NAB Show opening cocktail reception, it was hard not to spot Raycom Media President/CEO Pat LaPlatney holding court with Gray Television President/CEO Hilton Howell III. Brokers privately n...
ATBA Board Member and Industry Leader Passes
Byron St. Clair, a renowned television and radio engineer who was instrumental in bringing early TV to the mountainous rural West, has died. He had been diagnosed recently with a brain cancer, and di...