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In the October 15, 2009 Issue:

•	ATSC poised to adopt mobile DTV standard
•	TV commercial loudness bill advances
•	Triveni Digital CTO sheds light on mobile DTV, monitoring
•	Nation's largest DMA completes 2GHz BAS relocation project
•	Dates and events you need to know
•	Linear Acoustic debuts AERO.Air loudness manager with Dolby Pulse encoding

Top Story

ATSC poised to adopt mobile DTV standard

By Phil Kurz

All signs point to adoption of the standard by the membership of the Advanced Television Systems Committee when balloting closes tonight.

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Industry News

TV commercial loudness bill advances

Last week, a House subcommittee passed on the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act to the House Energy & Commerce Committee for consideration.

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Sound Off

Triveni Digital CTO sheds light on mobile DTV, monitoring

Rich Chernock, CTO of Triveni Digital, discusses his upcoming IEEE Broadcast Technology Society lecture on mobile DTV and digital television monitoring.

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FCC Actions

Nation's largest DMA completes 2GHz BAS relocation project

Broadcasters from New York City joined those from 15 other designated market areas in completing their 2GHz Broadcast Auxiliary Service relocation over the past two months.

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Media Bureau extends deadline for filing broadcast ownership form

The new filing deadline won’t be established until at least 30 days after public notice of the Office of Management and Budget’s approval of revised FCC Form 323.

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Transmitting straight from the editor’s desk

In his new blog, Broadcast Engineering Editorial Director Brad Dick posts his rants, raves and reviews of what’s happening in the industry. To read his latest post, visit blog.broadcastengineering.com/brad.

Dateline

Dates and events you need to know

The SBE Chapter 24/WBA Broadcasters Clinic closes today in Madison, WI.

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RF Products and Reviews

Linear Acoustic debuts AERO.Air loudness manager with Dolby Pulse encoding

Shown at IBC2009 last month in Amsterdam, the new audio coding system support ensures the transmission loudness manager meets today’s needs and is prepared for future requirements.

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Arqiva expands Freeview service with new TANDBERG Television MPEG-2 solution

The TANDBERG MPEG-2 solution for Arqiva includes compression, multiplexing and systems management.

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CBN adds second Snell Sirius router

The new router joins a Sirius system for video routing, which has anchored CBN operations since 2005.

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RFS showcases new filters, combiners

The new filters have been conceived for the high peak-to-average power ratio nature of digital television (DTV).

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Nucomm showcases Newscaster DR 2 at HD World 2009

The DR 2 offers new features, including a split box and the ability to receive UHF digital signals.

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