Convergence of 5G and ATSC 3.0 Opens New Era of Communications

Enables transformation of cellular to 5G and broadcast to ATSC 3.0. New standard is key to using 5G delivery technologies offering more services within same 6 MHz bandwidth, reaching more viewers in more locations, on more devices, opening revenue streams, and discovering new possibilities associated with file datacasting.

Pearl TV Adds Digital Monetization Capabilities to NEXTGEN TV

Pearl TV is expanding support for digital video advertising technology in its Web TV platform, RUN3TV. It brings digital advertising capabilities equivalent to the web and connected TV, and is a key driver for broadcaster’s return on investment in NEXTGEN TV services. Now with more monetization opportunities, broadcasters deploying NEXTGEN TV gain a critical time-to-revenue advantage.

Pearl TV Introduces a FastTrack Program

At NAB Show New York, Pearl TV, the coalition of U.S. broadcast companies transitioning to NEXTGEN TV announced it has developed a FastTrack program to accelerate development and retail availability of low-cost upgrade accessory receivers. The program will create a diverse market of accessories that will bring NEXTGEN TV features to 91% of households that have displays with an HDMI input, but are not equipped with NEXTGEN TV technology.

ATSC3 Made Easy with Harmonic Solutions

Sharing the same Common Software Foundation, Harmonic XOS Advanced Media Processor and cloud-native VOS360 SAAS platform are the perfect future-proof solutions to support the playout and encoding complexity, advanced technology requirement, and your ever-changing business needs. Please feel free to reach out to us anytime!

Learn how to simplify your ATSC station deployments with Ateme

Continuing leadership for deployments, simplified with further integrated solutions with encoding enhanced with HDR and NGA, packaging, EAS and A3SA compliant. Installed on-prem. or cloud based via remote access.

DTU-331- ATSC3.0 portable receiver

DekTec is releasing the DTU-331 portable ATSC 3.0 test receiver with RF and Audio/video analysis.
The DTU-331 is USB-3 powered and the ATSC3Xpert RF software analysis and StreamXpert runs on the windows laptop.

GatesAir Is Vital Part of Various US and Global Deployments

As an active ATSC member, GatesAir is involved with several important NextGen TV demonstrations and implementation around the world, including India and Brazil.

Hitachi-Comark and Comark Digital Services Continues to Integrate Solutions

Comark Digital Services integrates the latest technology and software solutions for ATSC 3.0 deployments; from HEVC encoding through HPTV and SFN Transmitters

Triveni Digital Boosts Broadcast Revenues With End-to-End NEXTGEN TV Solutions

Triveni Digital has made significant progress in streamlining NEXTGEN TV operations and in driving new revenue streams for broadcasters with its SkyScraper® XM Datacasting System and StreamScope® XM ATSC 3.0 Monitor.

IEEE Broadcast Technology Society Hosts the 2022 Broadcast Symposium at the Kennedy Space Center

Attend the upcoming IEEE Broadcast Symposium at the Kennedy Space Center on November 8-10, 2022 for a full day of ATSC technical sessions;
Future of TV – Under the hood of NextGen TV & Behind the wheel of NextGen TV

PMVG Pursuing Independent ATSC 3.0 Transitions in Member Station Markets

PMVG has obtained three LPTV stations in TN, SC, and Indianapolis to be 3.0 hosts for member stations. Also, PMVG member KET has just turned on ATSC 3.0 in Louisville.

TitanTV, Inc. Stands Ready for ATSC 3.0

Our internal processes, affiliate guide pages, and signal prediction services have been updated to incorporate ATSC 3.0. In markets where NEXTGEN TV is now active, TitanTV has been aggressive in working with multiple broadcast partners to display programming data for those channels.

Airwavz.tv is Professional, Portable and Affordable Test & Measurement Tools

Airwavz.tv introduces NEW TvXplorer version 2.1 with Signed Signaling, Global Service ID and Embedded Coverage Map.
Get NextGen TV Testing Tools that won’t break your budget, and go with you to the boardroom.

Anywave - your transmitter source for ATSC 3.0

Anywave offers complete transmission systems for ATSC 3.0, including transmitters, gap fillers, translators, our own exciters, encoders, and our own gateway/signaling server.

ATSC 3.0 Channel Capacity Estimation at the Reception Point

A new channel capacity analyzer is now a standard feature of Avateq’s ATSC 3.0 products. Engineers are provided with options for modulations and code rates to increase the spectral efficiency of the channel.

ZapperBox NextGenTV receiver has completed beta trials, shipping in volume.

We started shipping ZapperBox M1 with beta software on July 1, 2022. Now after testing with real customers in almost all launched markets we’re shipping with final software. Exciting new features are planned including DVR, support for copy-protected content, MMT and A/344.

MPEG-H Audio supported widely within the CE industry

Today there are AVRs by brands like Denon and Marantz, 3D-soundbars by Sennheiser, smart speakers by Sony and Amazon. MediaTek added MPEG-H Audio to its Pentonic Series of Smart TV Chips.

Humber College Broadcast-Broadband Convergence B²C Lab Continues to Grow ...

Humber’s B²C Lab is currently undertaking research and innovation in ATSC 3.0 applications with a number of industry partners including Avateq, Sinclair Broadcast Group, and Pelmorex.

Past the “Tipping Point”

As of Q4 2022, LTN has launched 43 new ATSC 3.0/Next Gen TV markets thus far, with many more prepared to launch or in the planning stage. Overall, LTN has supported these broadcast market launches with station backhauls to new lighthouse transmitters. Additionally, LTN is supporting a growing number of Studio to Transmitter Links (STLs). As overall penetration of ATSC 3.0 is now over 50% of TV HH, we expect the consumer electronics companies to make real headway with ATSC 3.0 TV sets as consumers discover their favorite programming in new higher fidelity 4K packages.

We are also excited for the new upcoming business models that take advantage of broader single frequency networks since LTN supports these innovations.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Deploys 30 ATSC3.0 Stations that are Supported with Advanced HDR by Technicolor

Since the April 2022 NAB conference, in which Sinclair Broadcast Group announced its commitment to make high-quality HDR and SDR content available to its viewers, the group has established a strong leadership position in delivering more HDR content over-the-air than any other player in the North American market with Advanced HDR by Technicolor.

DRM, Watermarking and 1.0/3.0 Retransmission

Continued encoder investment and development supporting DRM and watermarking also utilizing the Synamedia MEG for signal monitoring and flexible retransmission in cable headends (from 1.0 to 3.0 and 3.0 to 1.0).

TELEVES LEADS THE ATSC 3.0 TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE

As ATSC 3.0 quickly ramps up, broadcast Operators search for key partners that can swiftly develop professional tools to manage and control their DTT network site deployments. The main US broadcasters have found in Televes the perfect ally when it comes to state-of-the-art portable field spectrum analyzers.

Telos Alliance solutions offers backward compatibility, addresses the concerns of aging ATSC 1.0 infrastructures while future-proofing the way forward for ATSC 3.0 today

LA-5300 provides loudness control, upmixing and downmixing to provide consistent output formats, optional Nielsen and/or Verance watermarking, AC-4 encoding for ATSC 3.0 and optional AC-3 encoding for ATSC 1 services.

Verance Watermark Deployments Power NEXTGEN TV Interactivity Nationwide

LG NEXTGEN TVs Allow Consumers To Enjoy New Interactive Experiences Via Cable, Satellite Or Over-The-Air.