Tag: ATSC 3.0
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Silicondust Reports Slight Delay for its ATSC 3.0 Tuner
Silicondust says a manufacturing issue with the first batch of its ATSC 3.0 tuner will delay deliveries slightly. The company says July deliveries will shift to the following month, while August shipments will now occur later in the month. The news came via an update on the company’s Kickstarter campaign for its HDHomeRun QUATRO 4K.…
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ATSC 3.0 Launches in Salt Lake City
Sinclair and Nexstar have announced that NextGen TV has launched on four local TV stations in Salt Lake City, Utah. KUTV (CBS), KTVX (ABC), KUCW (CW) and KJZZ-TV (Ind) have launched ATSC 3.0. “We’re excited to bring this significant innovation to Salt Lake City, forever changing the way we use and think of broadcast television,”…
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ATSC 3.0 Launches in Portland with the Help of Triveni Gear
If you’ve ever been curious about some of the tech involved with getting a TV station up and running with the new ATSC 3.0 standard, Triveni Digital shared a few details about some of its equipment being used in Portland’s transition. In particular, Triveni Digital touted the use of its gear at Meredith-owned KPTV and…
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5 Nashville Stations Flip the Switch on ATSC 3.0
A group of Nashville television stations are among the latest to join the ATSC 3.0 club. The new broadcasting standard, aka NextGen TV, is gradually being deployed across a number of major markets around the country. In Nashville, WTVF (CBS), WKRN (ABC), WZTV (Fox), WUXP (MNT), and WNAB (CW) are all broadcasting via ATSC 3.0,…
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NextGen TV is Live in Pittsburgh
Three Pittsburgh stations have joined the list of markets that have launched NextGen TV. WPGH (Fox), WTAE (ABC) and WPNT (MyNet) stations are now broadcasting ATSC 3.0. The Pittsburgh stations join a short list of markets that have launched NextGen TV, including Las Vegas, Phoenix, Dallas, Boise, Idaho, and Santa Barbara. Kent Crawford, General Manager…
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FCC Declares TV Ownership Rules Don’t Apply to ATSC 3.0’s ‘Broadcast Internet’
This week, the Federal Communications Commission ruled that existing television station ownership rules won’t apply to efforts to build out what FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr has described as “broadcast internet.” The decision came in the form of a declatory ruling, with the FCC stating that stations can lease spectrum to provide broadcast internet service without…
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Sinclair’s ONE Media on ATSC 3.0 and the Future of ‘Next Gen TV’
It probably shouldn’t be all that surprising that the people leading ONE Media 3.0 are pretty bullish on ATSC 3.0’s potential. After all, the Sinclair Broadcasting Group subsidiary’s main goal is to help build and launch the new broadcasting standard, also known as “Next Gen TV.” And fresh off a successful launch late last month…
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Buyers Beware: Antenna Brands Making Big Claims on Amazon
Over-the-air (OTA) broadcasting is getting a lot of attention lately, especially as cable customers are cutting the cord and TV stations make the gradual shift to ATSC 3.0, or Next Gen TV. And as more households consider adding, or perhaps reintroducing, OTA content to their homes, some equipment makers and sellers are making some lofty…
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Four Las Vegas TV Stations Launch ATSC 3.0, Next Gen TV Broadcasts
This week, four TV stations in Las Vegas flipped the switch on their ATSC 3.0 broadcasts, marking the latest additions to a handful of markets currently leveraging the new standard. In a joint press release, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Nexstar Media Group, and The E.W. Scripps Company announced their Las Vegas stations represent the first multi-station…
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5 Things You Should Know About ATSC 3.0
We’re gradually transitioning into the next generation of over-the-air broadcasting, known as ATSC 3.0 or “Next Gen TV,” but there’s still a lot of mystery about what that truly means. And while we continue to monitor how, exactly, the new standard will develop over 2020 and beyond, we’ve put together a few key takeways for…