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Eurofins Digital Testing will spotlight a new Arreios for ATSC 3.0 conformance test suite at NAB 2019, the company said.

The new test suit enables the certification and testing for ATSC 3.0 features including Ultra High Definition (UHD) and High Dynamic Range (HDR) video over broadcast and broadband, interactive applications, targeted advertising, emergency alerts, content recovery and watermarking, Eurofins said in a March 27 announcement.

The new ATSC 3.0 standard “brings together many advanced technologies in the physical, transport, application and service layers of this new broadcast and broadband transmission system,” Eurofins noted.

Arreios for ATSC 3.0 provides a suite of automated test tools that will “enable device manufacturers and their supply chain to reliably and efficiently test a range of scenarios to verify conformance and correct implementation for the wide-range of technologies” included in ATSC 3.0, it said in a news release.

The Arreios for ATSC 3.0 Conformance Test Suite includes a complete lab test environment for device black box testing, as well as: Built-in automation and an intuitive user interface (UI) for managing test execution; an ATSC 3.0 test plan and test information (test assertion, procedure and specification references); video capture and automated video playback recognition; an audio/video data processing unit for verifying A/V synchronization and frame rate detection; dynamic stream packaging and playout; an integrated web server for hybrid scenarios, including applications and broadband video use cases; and integrated test report generation for quality assurance (QA) teams and conformance/certification use.

“For ATSC 3.0 services to be compelling and meet consumer expectations, devices must be interoperable and key features must be correctly implemented,” Johan Craeybeckx, business line director at Eurofins Digital Testing International, said in the announcement.

He added: “Working with Pearl, NAB, and other ATSC stakeholders, Eurofins is proud to help scale the collaborative rollout of ATSC 3.0 by offering a suite of test automation tools that verify conformance with the features set forth therein.”

The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) “recognizes the importance of conformance to the success of ATSC 3.0, and its role in facilitating the introduction of high-quality systems and devices meeting the specification,” Lynn Claudy, senior VP of technology at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and ATSC chairman, said. She added: “Conformance test suites, such as Eurofins’, will help drive adoption and ensure consumers experience the vast benefits this standard promises.”

At NAB, Eurofins will showcase its test solutions for ATSC 3.0 at the show’s emerging technologies area, “Futures Park,” in North Hall Booth N1335, along with the company’s suite of automated test tools, cybersecurity testing services and more in Westgate Director C, the company said.

Following the preview at NAB, Arreios for ATSC 3.0 will be available to buy starting May 1.

Additional information about Eurofins Digital Testing and its ATSC 3.0 Conformance Test Suite is available at: eurofins-digitaltesting.com/.