Survey: OTA TV Antennas Gaining In Use, Awareness
As the rollout of the country’s newest over-the-air broadcast TV platform continues to gain momentum, more and more U.S. TV watchers are re-kindling their interest in added antennas. A recently released survey from Horowitz Research, reveals that as broadcasters around the country begin to throw…
Testing Begins For Sending NextGen TV Channels Over Cable Systems
Good news for those who can’t (or won’t) use over-the-air TV antennas and aren’t ready to cut the cord — tests have begun for transmitting NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0) signals over cable TV platforms. Broadcasters supporting the ATSC 3.0 Phoenix, Arizona Model Market project for…
Disney+ Garners 73M Paid Subscribers In First Year
What do the new Disney+ service and presumptive President-Elect Joseph Biden have in common? They each reported more than 73 million supporters and growing in November. As part of its fiscal fourth quarter earnings report Thursday, Disney revealed that in just over a year since…
EVOCA ATSC 3.0 Pay-TV Service Launches In Boise Market Today
A new pay-TV service called EVOCA that leverages the NextGenTV ATSC 3.0 over-the-air (OTA) broadcast TV system kicks off its service with an “Early Access” offer today in the Boise, ID market. The first-of-its-kind ATSC 3.0-based OTA pay-TV service, EVOCA launched with a cost-reduced “early…
CBS All Access Inks Multi Year Deal For UEFA Match Coverage
American sports fans jonesing for a live game of any kind during this age of the coronavirus may take some delight from the announcement Thursday that ViacomCBS has reached a multi-platform agreement making the CBS All Access and CBS Sports OTT streaming platforms the exclusive…
NextGen Video Alliance Formed To Speed Transition To ATSC 3.0
A new coalition comprised of broadcast TV and cable media equipment interests has been formed to develop systems and best practices enhance the evolution of NextGen video technologies including those used in the new over the air (OTA) ATSC 3.0 broadcast system and interrelated over…
ZapperBox Takes Reservations On External NextGen TV Tuner
ZapperBox, manufacturer of one of the first external ATSC 3.0 “NextGen TV” tuner boxes, said it has just opened its web site to begin taking reservations for its ZapperBox M1 ATSC 3.0 tuner for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2020. The ZapperBox M1 carries…
Silicondust Raises Funds For ATSC 3.0 HDHomeRun Gateway
The first ATSC 3.0 “NextGen TV” broadcasts are about to go live in various markets around the country, but so far the number of televisions equipped with the necessary tuners to receive the new signals are few and far between. As we have previously reported…
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