Regulatory & Policy (11)
While the FCC deliberated over a new broadcasting standard in the mid-1990s, independent producers were already finding commercial niches for high-definition v…
Robert K. Graves, representing the Digital HDTV Grand Alliance and chairing the Advanced Television Systems Committee, testified before the House Commerce Subc…
Warren P. Williamson III of WKBN-TV testified before the House Telecommunications Subcommittee in March 1996, arguing that a successful ATV transition requires…
Robert K. Graves, representing the Digital HDTV Grand Alliance and ATSC, testified before the House Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance in …
The FCC Office of Engineering and Technology conducted an independent assessment of COFDM and 8-VSB digital television transmission systems, concluding that th…
Dermot Nolan's Point-by-Point Rebuttal of ATSC's Mexico DTV Questionnaire Response on 8VSB vs. COFDM
Broadcast engineer Dermot Nolan systematically challenges ATSC's October 1999 executive summary submitted to Mexico's DTV standards evaluation, disputing claim…
India and Singapore both selected DVB-T for digital television, influenced by historical ties to British broadcasting technology and the BBC. Political dynamic…
FCC Chairman William Kennard addressed the NAB 2000 convention in Las Vegas, declaring the analog television era over and urging broadcasters to embrace the DT…
The FCC voted in February 2000 to reject Sinclair Broadcasting's petition to allow COFDM as a second DTV transmission standard alongside 8-VSB, concluding that…
The U.S. Department of Defense issued an official statement clarifying that it has no desire to revisit the 8VSB RF transmission standard adopted by the FCC. T…
The FCC voted to reject Sinclair Broadcasting's petition for COFDM as a second DTV standard, even as NBC's own Philadelphia tests confirmed 8-VSB indoor recept…