NAB Show Serves Up New NextGen TV Tuning Solutions
New “NextGen TV” (ATSC 3.0) over-the-air (OTA) TV news has come out of this week’s National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show, including the introduction of new hybrid streaming media players with OTA capabilities for consumers. One such announcement was a network-connected, whole-home tuner called FreeCast…
NAB Suggests TV Manufacturers May Have ATSC 3.0 Egg On Their Faces
Which comes first, the NextGenTVs or the broadcasts? Shipments of NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0) tuner-ready TV sets represented just 8% of total TVs shipped in the U.S. in 2022, according to latest revised estimates provided to us by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). The country’s…
ATSC President: Look For NextGenTV Label To Avoid Your TV’s OTA Obsolescene
CES 2023 offered a glimpse into the slowly evolving transition to the NextGenTV 3.0 over-the-air broadcasting system, and we learned a few things to consider when looking to buy your next TV set. We met with recently appointed president of the Advanced Televisions Systems Committee…
Pearl TV Initiatives Work On Expanding ATSC 3.0 TV Adoption From Both Ends
The Pearl TV, the coalition behind the advancement of the NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0) hybrid over-the-air/IP TV broadcasting transition, announced this week some of its latest efforts to help get new reception equipment in consumers while incentivizing TV broadcasters to make the necessary investments to…
Hisense Now Offering NextGen TV Tuning In U7H, U8H Series TV Models
Pearl TV, a NextGen TV promotions group comprised of 820 over-the-air broadcast TV stations around the country, recently revealed that Hisense has joined the ranks of TV makers now selling a number of NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0)-enabled TV models — through its 2022 U7H and…
Boston’s 1st NextGen TV Station Goes Live From WCRN-LD TV
Over-the-air TV broadcast users in the Boston, MA market area just got the region’s first live NextGen TV/ATSC 3.0 broadcast station in Tyche Media’s WCRN-LD TV, channel 31. WCRN, which is a Low Power TV (LPTV) station, is using the new ATSC 3.0 digital TV…
Stay Ready For The Future: Make Sure Your Next TV Has NextGenTV Features
Cord cutters rejoice. In case you haven’t noticed, gradually and methodically, the nation’s over-the-air (OTA) broadcast stations are ramping up support for so-called NextGenTV (or ATSC 3.0) station transmissions across the country. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last week issued a public notice that 68…
FCC: 68 Markets Now Have At Least One Station Licenced For ATSC 3.0 NextGen TV
NextGenTV (aka ATSC 3.0) over-the-air broadcast TV stations have been licensed in at least 68 U.S. markets covering more than half of all households, according to a call for public comment issued by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last week. Furthermore, the FCC said at…
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