Bitstream Joins Advanced Television Systems Committee -ATSC-; Bitstream Will Support the Organization's Mission To Enhance the Functionality of the Digital Television Standard.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 13, 1999-- Bitstream Inc. (Nasdaq:BITS) announced today that they have been accepted as a member of the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee) An international digital television (DTV) standard adopted by the U.S., Canada, South Korea, Taiwan and Argentina. ). The ATSC is a non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. developing voluntary standards for digital television, interactive systems and broadband multimedia communications. "We are proud to be part of the ATSC's efforts to coordinate television standards among digital communications Transmitting text, voice and video in binary form. See communications. media," said Paul Trevithick This article is and to meet Wikipedia's , may require a , wikifying and categorization. Please discuss this issue on the talk page or [ replace this tag] with a . This article has been tagged since March 2007. , President of Bitstream Inc. "Because of our understanding of font-rendering technology in the digital television and interactive media markets, Bitstream is positioned to make important contributions to the ATSC and assist in developing standards that are critical to the digital TV market." The ATSC, established in 1982, is an international, non-profit organization developing voluntary standards for the entire spectrum of advanced television systems. Since then, the major elements of the ATSC Digital Television Standard have been adopted by the United States Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. (FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. ), as well as the governments of Canada, South Korea, Taiwan, and Argentina. ATSC is currently expanding its efforts to coordinate television standards among different communications media focusing on digital television, interactive systems, and broadband multimedia communications. It is also developing digital television implementation strategies and creating a certification program for television sets, computers, and other consumer video devices. The ATSC is supported by its members, who are subject to certain qualification requirements. Membership is open to organizations which are directly affected by and willing to participate actively in the work of the Committee. About Bitstream, the Internet Font Company Bitstream Inc. (Nasdaq:BITS), headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a leading developer of type technology, digital typefaces, and type customization services for the graphics communications industry. Bitstream licenses its WebFont(tm), TrueDoc(R), and T2K T2K Tempest 2000 (game; sequel to Tempest) T2K Time 2 Kill (gaming clan) (tm) font portability and rendering technology to hundreds of industry-leading Internet, Web, and publishing software applications developers, as well as to manufacturers of computers, printers, set-top boxes, and other devices. Bitstream has been awarded several patents that cover aspects of creating subsetted fonts, managing and rendering portable font objects, and using portable fonts for Web publishing. Bitstream also offers on-demand publishing software through its wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. , PageFlex Inc. For more information on Bitstream and its products, visit the company on the World Wide Web at http://www.bitstream.com. Bitstream and TrueDoc are registered trademarks, and WebFont and T2K are trademarks, of Bitstream Inc. Other technologies and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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