Sinclair, Hyundai Make Deal To Beam ATSC 3.0 Signals to Cars
Sinclair Broadcast Group said it has a memorandum of understanding with Hyundai Mobis to develop and implement businesses that will use ATSC 3.0broadcast signals to deliver services to automobiles, including new forms of in-car entertainment. Other services under consideration include geo-targeting, enhanced GPS, software updates and real-time emergency information. Broadcasters say the ATSC 3.0 signal, […]
President’s Memo: Flipping the Switch!
October 2022 has drawn to a close, and I am sure I’m not the only one taking a deep breath from the flurry of industry activity that has occurred. It really does feel like someone flipped the switch – and not just at a transmitter broadcasting ATSC 3.0! October featured TV of Tomorrow in San […]
ATSC & SBE Linking Arms for Spring 3.0 Certification Boot Camp
On Friday and Saturday, April 14 & 15, 2023, ATSC and the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) will address a subject many broadcast engineers want to learn more about – NextGen Broadcasting. There is a significant body of knowledge, and it will require a two-day session. The ATSC and SBE are partnering to provide this […]
(TV Tech): NextGen TV Launches in Honolulu
Six local TV stations and all four of the major broadcast affiliates have begun offering NextGen TV, aka ATSC 3.0, broadcasts in Honolulu. The launch includes KITV (the Allen Media Broadcasting-owned ABC affiliate), KGMB (the Gray Television-owned CBS affiliate), KHON-TV (the Nexstar-owned Fox affiliate), KHNL (the Gray Television-owned NBC affiliate), KHII (the Nexstar-owned MyNet […]
(TV NewsCheck): Seven Stations Launch NextGen TV In Wichita, Kan.
Seven television stations serving the Wichita-Hutchison, Kan., market today began broadcasting with NextGen TV, also known as ATSC 3.0. Switching on the new transmission standard are Lockwood Broadcast Group’s KAKE (ABC), Gray Television’s KWCH (CBS) and KSCW (CW), Sinclair Broadcast Group’s KSAS (Fox), Nexstar Media’s KSNW (NBC), Kansas Public Telecommunications Service’s KPTS (PBS) and Mercury […]
(TV Tech): BitPath: NextGen TV Reaches 62% of Continental U.S. Population
Hawaii is expected to launch 3.0 signals next week and some top 10 markets will launch in the next quarter, according to BitPath CEO John Hane A new webinar series covering the opportunities for NextGen TV broadcasters in the auto market, launched on October 27 with panelists of the first session offering some breaking […]
ATSC Standards Update: Four Amendments at Membership Ballot
Four documents are currently at ballot of the full ATSC membership: –S32-583r6, “ATSC Proposed Standard: A/322:2022-03 Amendment No.1, Time Expression.” This amendment clarifies time expressions and references in A/322. The ballot closes on 24 November 2022. –S32-587r4, “ATSC Proposed Recommended Practice: A/327:2022-03 Amendment No. 1, Field Issues Annex.” This amendment describes the addition of an […]
Someone You Should Know: iWedia Director of Business Development & Sales, Tony Sangwon Kim
With a media industry career that stretches back more than a decade, Tony Sangwon Kim has built a career over the past three years with iWedia and previously for a decade at Alticast. “During this period a major sector of mine is middleware and broadcast stacks such as MHP, DVB, ARIB, ISDB and ATSC. […]
A Word from Our Sponsor: GatesAir
Opportunities Ahead with NextGen TV The over-the-air broadcast industry went into the spectrum repack period focused on helping broadcasters move to new channel assignments over a series of carefully structured timelines. With the completion of each phase, we were all aware that the promise and potential of NextGen TV awaited us on the other […]
RELEASE: WKAR Receives $1 Million Community Grant from U.S. Department of Education
WKAR Public Media recently received a Congressionally Funded Community Project (CFCP) grant from the Department of Education to leverage ATSC 3.0 television technology to deliver educational content to underserved families in mid-Michigan. The project, titled Strengthening Equitable K-12 Access to Education to the Lansing Area Via Free Over the Air Service, will be implemented in […]
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