Reactions To LG’s ATSC 3.0 Pronouncement Seem To Support Platform’s Future
LG Electronics’ recent pronouncement to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that it has decided to omit ATSC 3.0 “NextGen TV” tuners from 2024 television models, apparently hasn’t resonated with the company’s fellow TV manufacturers. Earlier this week, reports surfaced that LG had sent a comment…
ZapperBox Brings NextGen TV To The Custom Integration Market
Set-top-box manufacturer ZapperBox used CEDIA Expo 2023 in Denver this week to have the latest version of its ZapperBox M1 NextGenTV DVR make its debut, enabling a wide range of TVs to tune in new ATSC 3.0 over-the-air broadcasts, including those newly encrypted with digital…
Review: Sony’s XR65X93L 4K Mini-LED TV Brings Solid Performance And Value
In viewing Sony’s 2023 X93L 4K Mini-LED TV series, we found the new generation isn’t so much revolutionary as it is evolutionary in what it brings to the table, but the good news is that means Sony’s approach to Mini-LED technology this year is available…
FCC Adopts New Rules To Help Broadcasters While Protecting Legacy System Viewers
The Federal Communications Commission adopted new rules for the nation’s transition to a NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0) broadcasting platform that further protects legacy ATSC 1.0 transmissions while giving broadcasters more flexibility in maintaining their current sub-channel multi-casts. The new rules were adopted by the FCC…
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…
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…
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…
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