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…
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…
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…
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…
CES Provided A Glimpse At The First `NextGen TVs’
LG, Samsung and Sony became the first TV makers to announce support for the NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0) over-the-air broadcast format that may soon clear the way for regular transmissions of native 4K Ultra HD pictures with high dynamic range (HDR) and advanced sound as…
ATSC 3.0 Test For HDR Deemed `Immense Success’
Tests of broadcast transmissions carrying upconverted High Dynamic Range (HDR) information over the new ATSC 3.0 television broadcasting platform conducted in an urban Cleveland testbed two weeks ago were deemed an “immense success” by engineers engaged in the project. According to a report posted Thursday…
Next-Gen TV Launch Markets Announced For 2020 Startup
Big news surfaced from this week’s National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Convention as a coalition of commercial and public broadcasting stations announced plans to begin deployment of the first over-the-air digital TV broadcasts using the new ATSC 3.0 (called Next-Gen TV) standard in the 40…
FCC Readies ATSC 3.0 License Applications
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is preparing to start accepting license applications for next-generation ATSC 3.0 broadcasts, Chairman Ajit Pai reportedly revealed last week. According to a report Monday by video distribution industry trade publication Multichannel News, Pai made the disclosure Friday while addressing the…
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