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Health and Fitness | September, 2024
CTA launched Project, CTA-2051-B, Wearable Sound Amplifier Performance Criteria

CTA’s Health Fitness & Wellness Committee (R11) launched project, CTA-2134, Best Practices and Performance Requirements for Women’s Health Technologies. This document will provide general best practices when developing technology to ensure women’s health is considered. Best practices will be outlined through the lens of women’s lifecycle (e.g., Perimenopause/menopause and methodologies of measurement).

Cybersecurity and Privacy | July, 2024
CTA Launches CTA-2132, IoT Product Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Example

CTA’s Cybersecurity and Privacy Management Committee (R14) launches CTA-2132, IoT Product Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Example. This project will document a cybersecurity threat or risk assessment of a hypothetical IoT product for use as an example for product manufacturers.

Cybersecurity and Privacy | July, 2024
CTA Launches CTA-2133, Cybersecurity Label Test Report Format

CTA’s Cybersecurity and Privacy Management Committee (R14) launches CTA-2133, Cybersecurity Label Test Report Format. This project will document a common format for certain results of testing for compliance for a cybersecurity labeling program. 

Audio and Video | July, 2024
CTA Published, CTA-2034-B Standard Method of Measurement for In-Home Loudspeakers.

CTA-2034-B Standard Method of Measurement for In-Home Loudspeakers. This standard describes how to determine the frequency response, directivity, and maximum output capability of a residential loudspeaker. It is intended to determine the audio performance of a loudspeaker, not the loudspeaker's ability to survive a given input signal. This standard applies only to loudspeaker systems and not to raw transducers. 

Audio and Video | July, 2024
CTA published Standard Method for Matching In-Home Amplifiers, Loudspeakers, and Subwoofers

CTA’s Audio and Video Systems Committee (R4) recently published, CTA-2099-A Standard Method for Matching In-Home Amplifiers, Loudspeakers, and Subwoofers. This standard provides guidance when matching amplifiers to loudspeakers and subwoofers for various listening levels. 

Audio and Video | July, 2024
CTA publishes Specification for Selecting an Amplifier for use with a Loudspeaker System

CTA’s Audio and Video Systems Committee (R4) recently published CTA-2054 Specification for Selecting an Amplifier for use with a Loudspeaker System. This standard defines test conditions and measurement procedures for determining a maximum rated loudspeaker drive level of single-channel and multi-channel power amplifiers related to matching them with passive loudspeakers. It also describes a standardized format for reporting the measurement results, compatible with CTA-2034-B and CTA-2010-C reporting. Said amplifier(s) shall not be packaged with or specifically intended for use with dedicated loudspeakers. This standard applies to full-range amplifiers intended for home audio use and that use AC mains power.

CTA published CTA-2010-C, Standard Methods of Measurement for Subwoofers

CTA’s Audio and Video Systems Committee (R4) recently published CTA-2010-C Standard Methods of Measurement for Subwoofers. This standard defines a method for measuring the audio performance of subwoofers, both passive and powered. 

Audio and Video | July, 2024
CTA Published Interpretation Letter for ANSI/CTA-2037-D

CTA’s Audio and Video Systems Committee (R4) recently published an Interpretation Letter to ANSI/CTA-2037-D; this standard defines a method for measuring Television Set power consumption and Luminance. It is intended for Television Sets powered from an external source. Television Sets with a non-removable Main Battery are excluded. This standard is limited to Television Sets intended for indoor use and specifically excludes Television Sets designed for outdoor or wet or extreme temperature locations. Additionally, included in the document is an interpretation dated July 2024.

Health and Fitness | July, 2024
CTA Published, CTA/NSF-2052.2 Methodology of Measurements for Features In Sleep Tracking Consumer Technology Devices and Applications

CTA’s Health Fitness and Wellness Committee (R11) recently published CTA/NSF-2052.2, Methodology of Measurements for Features In Sleep Tracking Consumer Technology Devices and Applications. This voluntary standard defines the methodology for measuring elemental parameters used in consumer technology devices and applications designed to evaluate sleep.

Health and Fitness | July, 2024
CTA Published Best Practices and Recommendations for Telehealth Solutions

CTA’s Health Fitness and Wellness Committee (R11) recently published, CTA-2113, Best Practices and Recommendations for Telehealth Solutions. This standard identifies a best practice framework for integrating telehealth solutions into the healthcare framework including the use cases of acute-care, post-acute care, chronic care, and telehealth visits.

Health and Fitness | July, 2024
CTA launched Project, CTA-2051-B, Wearable Sound Amplifier Performance Criteria

CTA’s Health Fitness & Wellness Committee (R11) launched project, CTA-2051-B, Wearable Sound Amplifier Performance Criteria.

Health and Fitness | July, 2024
CTA Forms New Women’s Health Working Group

CTA’s Health Fitness & Wellness Committee (R11) forms new R11 WG17 Women’s Health working group. R11 WG17 will develop standards, recommended practices, and technical reports related to women's health technology and advise other groups inside of CTA’s Health Fitness & Wellness Committee (R11) on how best to ensure that women's health factors are included in the design.

Ripple | July, 2024
CTA Published, CTA-5400-A Ripple Radar Sensor API Specification

CTA’s Ripple Committee published CTA-5400-A Ripple Radar Sensor API Specification. Ripple is an open radar API standard to enable hardware/software interoperability and accelerate the growth of applications for general purpose consumer radar.

Audio and Video | June, 2024
CTA Publishes CTA-861.7 – Improvements to CTA 867.I

CTA’s Audio and Video Systems Committee (R4) recently published, CTA-861.7 – Improvements to CTA 867.I. CTA-861.7 specifies changes to CTA-861-I, A DTV Profile for Uncompressed High Speed Digital Interfaces. The requirements of this standard are in addition to and complement CTA-861-I. All devices compliant to CTA-861.7 shall also comply with CTA-861-I, except that this standard modifies Sections 7.4, 7.5.14.1 through 7.5.14.4, and 7.5.19 of CTA-861-I. 

Audio and Video | June, 2024
CTA launches the WAVE Streaming Media Test Suite – Devices

CTA’s WAVE Project has launched its initial "WAVE Streaming Media Test Suite – Devices" to enable automated testing of web-based media playback on various devices like Smart TVs, media sticks and set-top boxes. Targeted at developers, this suite aims to streamline testing processes by allowing device implementers to prove compatibility with industry standards, reducing repetitive tests across the industry. It features unit tests for media using CMAF formats and web streaming technologies like MSE and EME. The suite also includes preliminary tests for popular video and audio codecs, with plans to expand codec testing in 2024.

Health and Fitness | June, 2024
CTA launched a Project CTA/NSF-2052.3-A, Performance Criteria and Testing Protocols for Features in Sleep Tracking Consumer Technology Devices and Applications

CTA’s Health Fitness & Wellness Committee (R11) launched project, CTA/NSF-2052.3-A, Performance Criteria and Testing Protocols for Features in Sleep Tracking Consumer Technology Devices and Applications. This standard describes events (such as waking up), processes (such as REM sleep) and patterns (such as circadian amplitude), and how to figure out how well a consumer sleep monitoring determines if a person is asleep and, if so, which sleep stage the person is in. 

Health and Fitness | June, 2024
CTA launched a Project CTA/NSF-2130, Guiding Principles on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Sleep Quality

CTA’s Health Fitness & Wellness Committee (R11) launched project, CTA/NSF-2130, Guiding Principles on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Sleep Quality. These guiding principles are intended to provide a voluntary framework for practice and transparency when managing, characterizing, and safeguarding data for artificial intelligence-based applications for improving sleep quality.

Health and Fitness | June, 2024
CTA launched a Project CTA-2131, Best Practices for Consumer Cardiovascular Technology Solutions: Health Management and Treatment

CTA’s Health Fitness & Wellness Committee (R11) launched project, CTA-2131, Best Practices for Consumer Cardiovascular Technology Solutions: Health Management and Treatment. This document will identify best practices for the use of Consumer Cardiovascular Technology in the application of health management and treatment for cardiovascular conditions. Specifically, this document uses the examples of hypertension management and cardiac rehabilitation to explore the technology use cases, applications, barriers, and challenges.

Other | April, 2024
Save the Date for CTA’s Technology & Standards Fall Forum

CTA’s Technology and Standards Committees will meet at this year’s Fall Forum in Los Angeles, CA, from September 30 – October 3, 2024. Fall Forum is a one-stop shop for industry leaders to connect and advance measures that improve technology. Registration coming soon! 

Audio and Video | April, 2024
CTA Publishes Determination of Small Network Equipment Energy Consumption

CTA’s Audio and Video Systems Committee (R4) recently published, CTA-2049-B, Determination of Small Network Equipment Energy Consumption. This standard defines procedures for measuring Small Network Equipment (SNE) energy consumption while the Unit Under Test (UUT) is in the Ready State.

Audio and Video | April, 2024
Save the Date For CTA-861 PlugFest

CTA-861 PlugFest is in San Francisco, CA from October 27 – November 1, 2024. PlugFest is an exceptional opportunity for consumer technology developers worldwide to gather and privately test the compatibility of their products with products from other manufacturers before they hit the market. Registration coming soon!

Audio and Video | April, 2024
Registration Open for R04 Audio and Video Systems Meeting

CTA’s Audio and Video Systems Committee (R4) will host an in-person meeting at CTA Headquarters on June 11th, 2024. Registration for the event can be found here.

Health and Fitness | April, 2024
CTA Publishes Recommendations and Best Practices of Sleep Quality Determination in Consumer Sleep Monitoring Solutions

CTA’s Health Fitness and Wellness Committee (R11) recently published, CTA/NSF-2110, Recommendations and Best Practices of Sleep Quality Determination in Consumer Sleep Monitoring Solutions. This standard provides recommendations and best practices for the recording and reporting of sleep quality by consumer sleep monitoring solutions.

Health and Fitness | April, 2024
CTA launched a Project CTA/NSF-2052.3-A, Performance Criteria and Testing Protocols for Features in Sleep Tracking Consumer Technology Devices and Applications

CTA’s Health Fitness & Wellness Committee (R11) launched project, CTA/NSF-2052.3-A, Performance Criteria and Testing Protocols for Features in Sleep Tracking Consumer Technology Devices and Applications.

Health and Fitness | April, 2024
CTA launched a Project CTA/NSF-2130, Guiding Principles on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Sleep Quality

CTA’s Health Fitness & Wellness Committee (R11) launched project, CTA/NSF-2130, Guiding Principles on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Sleep Quality. 

Health and Fitness | April, 2024
CTA launched a Project CTA-2131, Best Practices for Consumer Cardiovascular Technology Solutions: Health Management and Treatment

CTA’s Health Fitness & Wellness Committee (R11) launched project, CTA-2131, Best Practices for Consumer Cardiovascular Technology Solutions: Health Management and Treatment.

Audio and Video | January 2024
CTA Publishes Accessibility Preferences Data Model

CTA’s Audio and Video Systems Committee (R4) recently published, CTA-2115, Accessibility Preferences Data Model. This document defines a standard vocabulary and data structures for communicating accessibility and related media settings, including closed captions/subtitles, language, and audio description preferences, for devices and software applications designed to receive or play back video programming transmitted in digital format simultaneously with sound. The scope of this vocabulary includes but is not limited to devices and software applications such as TVs, TV media applications, TV “sticks”, set-top boxes, web applications, and mobile device applications.

Audio and Video | January 2024
CTA Launched New Project Recommended Practice for ATSC 3.0 Television Sets, Application Runtime Environment

CTA’s Audio and Video Systems Committee (R4) launched a new project CTA-CEB-32.8-C, Practice for ATSC 3.0 Television Sets, Application Runtime Environment. This bulletin makes recommendations related to the capabilities of ATSC 3.0 Television Sets as they relate to the handling of the Application Runtime Environment of ATSC 3.0 signals. The Application Runtime Environment includes Application Program Interface (API) descriptions that allow HTML5 applications to interface with ATSC 3.0 enabled devices for inclusion of an interactive ATSC 3.0 Service.

2023 News

WAVE | December 2023
CTA Publishes Fast and Readable Geographical Hashing

CTA’s WAVE committee published CTA-5009, Fast and Readable Geographical Hashing. This document exists to remediate that. It describes the practice as it exists at the time of writing and provides general, straightforward algorithms for understanding and communicating with Geohashes. It also exists to serve as a stable reference document for a few IANA registrations. To that end, the algorithm documented in the “Technical description” section of the Geohash Wikipedia entry is described here. This document does not describe all the usages, limitations, or geographic and mathematical details for Geohashes because those are well described by the references.

Audio and Video | November 2023
CTA Publishes the Recommended Practice for ATSC 3.0 Television Sets, Application Runtime Environment

CTA’s Audio and Video Systems Committee (R4) recently published, CTA-CEB32.8-B, Recommended Practice for ATSC 3.0 Television Sets, Application Runtime Environment. This bulletin makes recommendations related to the capabilities of ATSC 3.0 Television Sets as they relate to the handling of the Application Runtime Environment of ATSC 3.0 signals. 

Audio and Video | November 2023
CTA Publishes the Recommended Practice for ATSC 3.0 Television Sets, Advanced Emergency Information

CTA’s Audio and Video Systems Committee (R4) recently published, CTA-CEB-32.6-B, Recommended Practice for ATSC 3.0 Television Sets, Advanced Emergency Information. This bulletin makes recommendations related to the capabilities of ATSC 3.0 Television Sets as they relate to the handling of Advanced Emergency Information in ATSC 3.0 signals.

Artificial Intelligence | November 2023
CTA Publishes Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Practices for Identifying and Managing Bias

CTA’s Artificial Intelligence Committee (R13) recently published, CTA-2116, Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Practices for Identifying and Managing Bias. This voluntary standard identifies types of bias, sources of bias, and bias management practices for health care applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Health and Fitness | October 2023
CTA Publishes Four Frequency Pure Tone Average Testing Methodology and Reporting Metrics for Consumer Facing Hearing Solutions

CTA’s Health Fitness and Wellness Committee (R11) recently published ANSI/CTA-2118, Four Frequency Pure Tone Average Testing Methodology and Reporting Metrics for Consumer Facing Hearing Solutions. This document will identify the elements of a standard testing methodology for a consumer-facing hearing metric and establish common terminology to describe hearing wellness throughout a consumer’s lifetime.

Health and Fitness | October 2023
CTA Launched New Project CTA-2128, Definitions and Characteristics of Motion as Vital Sign

CTA’s Health Fitness and Wellness Committee (R11) recently launched a new project CTA-2128, Definitions and Characteristics of Motion as Vital Sign. This standard will create definitions and performance criteria for measuring motion as a vital sign on consumer wearables and related devices. If you are interested in joining this effort, please contact Emily Hoefer

Audio and Video | October 2023
CTA Launched a New Project on Determination of Small Network Equipment Average Energy Consumption

CTA’s Audio and Video Systems Committee (R4) launched a new project to develop CTA-2049-B, Determination of Small Network Equipment Average Energy Consumption. This standard defines procedures for measuring Small Network Equipment (SNE) energy consumption. For additional information, contact Kerri Haresign.

Audio and Video | September 2023
CTA Publishes Device Playback Capabilities Specification

CTA’s WAVE committee publishes CTA-5003-A, Device Playback Capabilities Specification. CTA-5003-A defines requirements for playback of WAVE-compliant streaming media content. It addresses things like buffering (the playback device’s temporary storage of incoming content so it can be fed to the screen and speakers in a smooth, even fashion), encryption of streaming content, randomly accessing content mid-stream, and more. 

Artificial Intelligence | September 2023
CTA Publishes Definitions and Characteristics of Artificial Intelligence

CTA’s Artificial Intelligence Committee (R13) recently published, CTA-2089-A, Definitions and Characteristics of Artificial Intelligence. This standard defines terms related to artificial intelligence and associated technologies. 

Audio and Video | August 2023
CTA Publishes Performance Specification for Public Alert Receivers

CTA’s WAVE committee publishes ANSI/CTA-2009-C, Performance Specification for Public Alert Receivers. ANSI/CTA-2009-C describes the events these radios should recognize, how users should be able to program them, what sort of indications the radios should give when an alert is received, the quality of the audio they should produce, and other things. 

Audio and Video | August 2023
CTA Publishes the Recommended Practice for ATSC 3.0 Television Sets, System Integration

CTA’s Audio and Video Systems Committee (R4) recently published, CTA-CEB-32.1-A, Recommended Practice for ATSC 3.0 Television Sets, System Integration. This bulletin makes recommendations related to functionalities and capabilities of ATSC 3.0 Television Sets as they relate to multiple subsystems. 

Audio and Video | August 2023
CTA Publishes the Recommended Practice for ATSC 3.0 Television Sets, Overview

CTA's Audio and Video Systems Committee (R4) recently published, CTA-CEB32-B, Recommended Practice for ATSC 3.0 Television Sets, Overview. This bulletin recommends functionalities and capabilities of ATSC 3.0 Television Sets as they relate to multiple subsystems.

Cybersecurity | July 2023
CTA Launches a Project on Cyber Label Conformity and Trust Programs

CTA’s Cybersecurity and Privacy Management Committee (R14) recently launched a new project entitled Guidelines for the National Cybersecurity Label Conformity and Trust Programs (CTA-2126). This standard will provide guidance regarding trust mechanisms for a range of programs including third-party conformity assessment, alliance and proprietary certification, and suppliers declaration of conformity for the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark program. If you are interested in joining this effort, please contact Alexandra Blasgen.

Health and Fitness | June 2023
CTA Publishes Evidence Based Performance Criteria for Digital Therapeutics

CTA’s Health Fitness and Wellness Committee (R11) recently published CTA-2109, Evidence Based Performance Criteria for Digital Therapeutics. This standard will define what evidence-based criteria should be used to meet definition for DTx.

Artificial Intelligence | June 2023
CTA Launched a New Project on Best Practices and Recommendations for Information Disclosure

CTA’s Artificial Intelligence Committee (R13) launched a new project to develop CTA-2125, Best Practices and Recommendations for Information Disclosure. This standard will provide best practices and content recommendations for informing users about the data and governance used to develop an ML product. If you are interested in joining this effort, please contact Kerri Haresign.

Audio and Video | June 2023
CTA Launched a New Project CTA-861.7, Improvements to CTA-861-I

CTA’s Audio and Video Systems Committee (R4) launched a new project to develop CTA-861.7. This project is to make improvements to CTA-861-I, A DVT Profile for Uncompresses High Speed Digital Interfaces. For additional information, contact Kerri Haresign.

Artificial Intelligence | May 2023
CTA Publishes The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Managing, Characterizing, and Safeguarding Data

CTA’s Artificial Intelligence Committee (R13) recently published, CTA-2107-A, The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Managing, Characterizing, and Safeguarding Data. This voluntary standard identifies the current recommended practices for managing, characterizing, and safeguarding data for developing artificial intelligence-based applications in health care.

Health and Fitness | May 2023
CTA Launched a Project Performance Criteria and Testing Protocols for Breathing Rate – Real-World Analysis

CTA’s Health Fitness & Wellness Committee (R11) launched project, CTA-2102.1, Performance Criteria and Testing Protocols for Breathing Rate – Real-World Analysis. This standard extends CTA-2102 to add new protocols for real-world analysis for consumer technology that measures respiration rate. If you are interested in joining this effort, please contact Emily Hoefer.

Health and Fitness | May 2023
CTA Launched Project CTA-2122, Best Practices for Consumer EEG Technologies

CTA’s Health Fitness & Wellness Committee (R11) launched a project, CTA- 2123, Characteristics and Requirements for Anxiety Detection and Monitoring Solutions. This standard will provide guidelines for consumer technologies related to the intervention, monitoring, and assessment of anxiety. If you are interested in joining this effort, please contact Emily Hoefer.

Health and Fitness | May 2023
CTA Launched a Project CTA-2123, Characteristics and Requirements for Anxiety Detection and Monitoring Solutions

CTA’s Continuous Glucose Monitoring working group (R11 WG15) was recently formed and has held initial meetings. Interested parties should contact Emily Hoefer

Health and Fitness | May 2023
CTA launched a Project CTA-2124 Characteristics and Requirements for Consumer Continuous Glucose Monitoring Solutions

CTA’s Health Fitness & Wellness Committee (R11) Recently published, CTA-2124, Characteristics and Requirements for Consumer Continuous Glucose Monitoring Solutions. This standard will provide guidelines and identify best practices for use of consumer CGM solutions in applications beyond diabetes treatment. If you are interested in joining this effort, please contact Emily Hoefer.

Health and Fitness | May 2023
CTA Formed New Working Group to Develop Standards, Recommended Practices, and Technical Reports Related to The Measurement of SpO2 and Associated Solutions.

CTA’s Pulse Oximetry Working Group (R11 WG16) was recently formed to develop standards, recommended practices, and technical reports related to the measurement of SpO2 and associated solutions. Interested parties should contact Emily Hoefer.

Cybersecurity | May 2023
CTA Publishes ANSI/CTA-2088.2, Baseline Cybersecurity for Private Consumer Robotics

CTA’s Cybersecurity and Privacy Management Committee (R14) published, ANSI/CTA-2088.2, Baseline Cybersecurity for Private Consumer Robotics. CTA-2088 specifies baseline device security capabilities and related organizational security capabilities and recommendations for devices and device systems, including for individual connected devices, endpoint devices, components, hardware modules, chips, software, sensors or other operating components. This standard (CTA-2088.2) builds upon the baseline cybersecurity requirements in CTA-2088 to address the cybersecurity requirements and recommendations relevant to the unique capabilities, uses, and applications of private consumer robots.

Health and Fitness | March 2023
CTA Publishes Physical Activity Monitoring for Heart Rate

CTA’s Health Fitness and Wellness Committee R11 recently published CTA-2065-A. This standard creates definitions and performance criteria for consumer technology that measures heart rate (HR) under constrained laboratory conditions.

Health and Fitness | March 2023
CTA Launched New Project CTA-2121, Definitions and Best Practices for Monitoring Stress Using Heart Rate Variability in the Real-World

R11WG2 Health Fitness and Wellness Committee launched this project CTA-2121. This standard defines and provides best practices for utilization of heart rate beat to beat interval data from consumer stress monitoring technologies for application of stress metrics in a real-world setting. If you or a member of your team are interested in joining this effort, Please reach out to Emily Hoefer.

Health and Fitness | March 2023
CTA Launched Project CTA-2122, Best Practices for Consumer EEG Technologies

R11WG3, Health Fitness and Wellness Committee launched project CTA-2122. This document will define common hardware elements and provide best practices for consumer EEG technologies. If you or a member of your team are interested in joining this effort, Please reach out to Emily Hoefer.

Health and Fitness | March 2023
CTA Formed New Health Fitness and Wellness Working Group

CTA’s Continuous Glucose Monitoring working group (R11 WG15) was recently formed and has held initial meetings. Interested parties should contact Emily Hoefer for more information

Cybersecurity | March 2023
CTA Launched New Project CTA-2119, Framework for Evaluation of a Cybersecurity Scheme

CTA’s Cybersecurity and Privacy Management Committee R14 launched project CTA-2119. This project will develop a standard that describes and formalizes the means to evaluate a third-party Cybersecurity Label Scheme against the NIST labeling criteria described in NISTIR 8425. If you or a member of your team are interested in joining this effort, please reach out to Alexandra Blasgen.

Cybersecurity | March 2023
CTA Launched New Project CTA-2120, Design Requirements for a Label for loT Device Cybersecurity

CTA’s Cybersecurity and Privacy Management Committee R14 launched project CTA-2119. This project will develop a standard consistent with the US national label program that defines a cybersecurity label design. If you or a member of your team are interested in joining this effort, please reach out to Alexandra Blasgen.

Health and Fitness | March 2023
CTA Publishes Physical Activity Monitoring for Heart Rate - Real World Analysis

CTA’s Health Fitness and Wellness Committee R11 recently published CTA-2065.1. This standard uses the framework outlined in ANSI/CTA-2108, Framework for Validation of Digital Health Technology-Derived Metrics under Naturalistic or Unconstrained Test Conditions, to refine, modify, or update key components of CTA-2065-A, Physical Activity Monitoring For Heart Rate based on real-world application.

Audio and Video | February 2023
CTA Publishes Cable Television Channel Identification Plan

CTA’s Audio and Video Systems Committee (R4) recently published, CTA-542-D S-2023, Cable Television Channel Identification Plan. This is a stabilization of CTA-542-D R-2018. This standard designates identification numbers for 6 MHz channel frequency allocations for 158 channels up to 1002 MHz, with a method of specifying higher channel numbers.

Audio and Video | February 2023
CTA Publishes HDR Still Photo Interface

CTA’s Audio and Video Systems Committee (R4) recently published, CTA-2071 R-2023, HDR Still Photo Interface. This standard defines a still photo file format capable of storing HDR information readable by TVs.

Audio and Video | February 2023
CTA Publishes Emergency Messaging for Cable

CTA’s Audio and Video Systems Committee (R4) recently published, CTA-814-C R-2023, Emergency Messaging for Cable. This is a reaffirmation of ANSI/CTA-814-C/J-STD-42-C. This standard defines protocols for codes sent to consumer devices instructing them to automatically change channels to the dedicated channel with the emergency alert and instructing them how long to remain on the emergency channel until returning to the channel the viewer had been watching.

Audio and Video | February 2023
CTA Publishes a DTV Profile for Uncompressed High Speed Digital Interfaces

CTA’s Audio and Video Systems Committee (R4) recently published, CTA-861-I , A DTV Profile for Uncompressed High Speed Digital Interfaces. This standard establishes protocols, requirements, and recommendations for the utilization of uncompressed digital interfaces by consumer electronic devices.

Event | February 2023
Save the Date: For CTA-861 PlugFest

CTA-861 PlugFest is back in Los Angeles October 29 – November 3, 2023. PlugFest is an exceptional opportunity for consumer technology developers worldwide to gather and privately test the compatibility of their products with products from other manufacturers before they hit the market. Registration coming soon.

Augmented and Virtual Reality | February 2023
CTA Launches Project CTA-2069-B, Definitions and Characteristics of Augmented and Virtual Reality Technologies

CTA’s XR Committee (R12) launched this project to update CTA-2069. This standard defines terms related to Augmented and Virtual Reality technologies. Any member of your team can support this effort. If you or a member of your team are interested in joining this effort, Please reach out to Alexis Shoemaker.

Audio and Video | February 2023
CTA Publishes Digital Television (DTV) Closed Captioning

CTA’s Audio and Video Systems Committee (R4) recently published, CTA-708-E S-2023, Digital Television (DTV) Closed Captioning. This is a stabilization of ANSI/CTA-708-E R-2018. This standard defines a method for coding text with associated parameters to control its display.

Health and Fitness | January 2023
CTA Launched a Project CTA-2107-A, Revision of The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Managing, Characterizing, and Safeguarding Data

R13 WG1 Artificial Intelligence in Health care launched this project to update CTA-2107. This voluntary standard identifies the current recommended practices for managing, characterizing, and safeguarding data for developing artificial intelligence-based applications in health care. The revision will clarify existing language. If you or a member of your team are interested in joining this effort, Please reach out to Alexis Shoemaker.

Audio and Video | January 2023
CTA Launched a Project CTA-CEB32.1-A, Revision of Recommended Practices for ATSC 3.0 Television Sets, System Integration

R4WG18 Receivers for Next Generation Broadcast Television launched this project to update CTA-CEB32.1. This bulletin is a recommended practice for ATSC 3.0 television sets, system integration. Any member of your team can support this effort. If you or a member of your team are interested in joining this effort, Please reach out to Alexis Shoemaker.

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