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.
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.
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.
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