ITU Adopts ATSC 3.0 as Recommended International Terrestrial Standard

ITU adopted ATSC 3.0 as an international recommended DTV standard, said Sinclair Thursday. The U.S. delegation starting in April pushed for that, the release said. The next step toward implementation involves updating “the ITU-sanctioned Digital Handbook” instructions for moving to 3.0, the broadcaster said. Sinclair Vice President-Spectrum Engineering and Policy Louis Libin chairs the ITU Rapporteur Group assigned to modify the Digital Handbook. “With initial U.S. deployments in place, we’re anticipating the first announcements of consumer receivers for the U.S. market in the coming days" at CES, said ATSC Board Chairman Lynn Claudy, NAB senior vice president-technology. "The decision by the ITU is yet another signal that digital terrestrial broadcasting has a bright future ahead,”