In a test car, LG Electronics installed a system to receive and display ATSC 3.0 signals on a rear-seat entertainment TV. As the car traveled between the signal coverage of WKAR Lansing, Mich., and WMYD Detroit, the NRT handoff technology succeeded in keeping a steady TV signal on the receiver.
WCIV, WCSC, WTAT, WCBD and WGWG are now broadcasting with ATSC 3.0 technology.
As ATSC 3.0 deployments ramp up across the U.S., broadcasters are looking for ways to simplify the transition to NextGen TV and optimize the delivery of new revenue-enhancing services, including […]
WPBF, WPEC, WFLX, WPTV and WWHB-CD are now broadcasting with ATSC 3.0 technology.
New research from Sony shows that ATSC 3.0 offers a large variety of innovative usecases using multicast delivery. In addition to high bitrate television broadcasts to stationary televisions, ATSC 3.0 also supports multicast file delivery to the automotive industry since very robust physical layer parameters can be selected and therefore reliable high-speed reception is now possible.
In a post-Volicon era, monitoring and compliance tools have gone beyond just making sure content meets regulatory requirements, moving into new broadcast environments and rolling out features designed to ease workflows. Above: Vela’s Encompass product showing both channel and transport stream analysis to help ensure quality of service.
Exclusives
Public TV broadcasters this week asked the FCC to give them more flexibility when it comes to offering their primary HD signal and multicast subchannels during broadcasters’ transition to NextGen TV (aka ATSC 3.0).
ATSC 3.0 exhibits, demonstrations and sessions will take place throughout NAB Show, set for April 23-27 in Las Vegas.
ATSC 3.0 will be highlighted during the virtual Public Media Summit sponsored by America’s Public Television Stations Feb. 28– March 1. The summit will highlight how public television stations are “Bringing America […]
During this month’s CES conference, Hisense announced it is collaborating with ATSC 3.0 and Advanced HDR by Technicolor for integration into upcoming ULED TVs. The announcement demonstrates how the broadcast […]
The noncommercial broadcaster’s WLIW in New York will host the metropolitan area’s major PBS member stations: WNET, WLIW and NJ PBS, offering NextGen TV service to 7.45 million TV households.
Broadcasters eye datacasting for early 3.0 revenues
ATSC 3.0 infrastructure will position TV stations to not just create their own OTT platforms, but also lease a portion of their spectrum for datacasting, location services and many other new revenue possibilities. Leading experts on monetizing NextGen TV offered their predictions and blueprints at a TVNewsCheck webinar last week sponsored by LTN Global. Above, map showing ATSC 3.0 coverage at the end of 2021 from E.W. Scripps.
WBAY, WFRV, WLUK, WCWF and WGBA are now broadcasting with ATSC 3.0 technology.
Evoca, a multichannel TV service built on NextGen TV broadcast technology, is launching its service, which includes the Altitude Sports regional network, in Denver. For $25 per month plus a receiver — which costs $5 per month to rent or $250 to buy — with no contract and a guaranteed price for two years, new Evoca subscribers will get access to live games from the Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche along with Colorado State University and University of Denver games. The service also includes NFL Network, Game Show Network, Curiosity Stream, Bloomberg and other channels along with access to ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC affiliates through a provided antenna.
The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) announced that the Fórum Sistema Brasileiro TV Digital Terrestre (SBTVD Forum) has recommended to the Brazilian government the selection of several technologies proposed by […]
The U.S. broadcast TV could generate as much as $15 billion a year by 2030 from the provision of datacasting services enabled by ATSC 3.0, according to a deck revealed to investors Wednesday by Nexstar Media. That’s more than the $13 billion a year broadcasters currently make from retransmission fees.
Major set manufacturers Samsung, LG and Sony glanced over NextGen TV in their presentations, although Hisense and Tablo unveiled new NextGen-enabled products in this year’s heavily slimmed-down event.
ARK Multicasting is taking low-power television to the next level with ATSC 3.0, and ARK has selected Dielectric as its main antenna provider. Dielectric has built and stored Powerlite Series antennas for nearly 50 ARK stations, most of which operate on UHF frequencies impacted by […]
After a whirlwind end to 2021, with a number of significant market launches announced in December alone, the Advanced Television Systems Committee will review progress of the NextGen TV deployments as well as a look ahead. With the recent addition of NextGen TV service in Los Angeles and Washington, ATSC 3.0 broadcasting now reaches nearly half of all American viewers, the ATSC announced this week.
Two LPTV stations in the Idaho DMA (189) are poised to launch ATSC 3.0 and make Twin Falls the fourth market to bring Evoca TV, the NextGen TV-based OTA-OTT hybrid pay television service, to viewers. All that’s needed is for the stations, Ventura Broadcasting-owned KVUI and KPIF, to receive final approval from the FCC for their conversion to 3.0. Once the switch is flipped, Twin Falls will become the smallest market on-air with NextGen TV.
After putting 25 stations on the air with the new transmission technology this year, it says it plans to convert another 20 markets in 2022, bringing its coverage of U.S. TV households with ATSC 3.0 to 50%.
Synamedia Teams With The Howard NextGen TV Broadcast Collaborative To Deliver ATSC 3.0 To Washington
Synamedia, a global video software provider, today announced its participation in the Howard NextGen TV Broadcast Collaborative bringing ATSC 3.0 to Washington, D.C. (DMA 9)The Collaborative was established by Pearl […]
KOLR, KSPR, KRBK and KOZL are now broadcasting with ATSC 3.0 technology.
KTTV, KCOP and KTLA become the first stations in DMA No. 2 to power up ATSC 3.0 technology.
LTN Global, a provder of transformative media technology and video transport solutions, has worked closely with Howard University’s WHUT and the Pearl TV consortium to support the launch of the Howard NextGen TV Broadcast Collaborative […]
The Howard NextGen TV Broadcast Collaborative culminates with academic resources and technical innovation to deliver ATSC 3.0 via WHUT, WJLA, WRC, WTTG and WUSA.
Sinclair Broadcast Group deployed ATSC 3.0 in Washington as its Class A digital WIAV-CD began low-power broadcasts. Sinclair released a video explaining the deployment and says the launch “sets the stage” for deployment of major full-powered TV network affiliates in the Capital region later this month.
Executives from WarnerMedia, Graham Media Group, Dalet and Perspective Media Group told a TVNewsCheck webinar last week that the proliferation of direct-to-consumer services and remote/distributed production shifts put the industry’s cloud migration as next year’s biggest trend.
WXLV, WGHP, WXII and WMYV are now broadcasting with ATSC 3.0 technology.
KTXH, KRIV, KIAH, KFTH, KXLN, KTRK, KPRC, KHOU, KTMD and KUHT are now broadcasting with ATSC 3.0 technology.
The revenue truth has been around for TV stations for some time — they cannot live and grow only from dependence on advertising (political and core) and affiliate revenues in the coming years. NextGen TV to the rescue, according to one TV consultant forecast from BIA Advisory Services.
Interested organizations may submit an intent-to-respond by Dec. 31.
New datacasting revenue from NextGen TV could account for 22% of total local broadcasting revenues by 2030 according to BIA Advisory Services.
Despite the challenges the pandemic has created for international travel over the past year and a half, testing of new ATSC 3.0-based applications and capabilities has continued at the Korea […]
A new campaign from the consortium will run through Jan. 30 in 34 DMAs where NextGen TV stations are on the air.
For some reason Sinclair won’t explain, it won’t license its Phoenix Bally Sports channel to NextGen-based pay TV startup Evoca TV.
In a victory for broadcasters, the FCC has tentatively concluded that NextGen TV broadcasters — ones broadcasting in the ATSC 3.0 standard — should be granted a sub-license of sorts to allow them to contract with another “host” station or stations to carry their simulcast multicast streams, whether that is in ATSC 3.0 or the current 1.0 format.
