(TV Tech): Price FCC Must Mandate A 2028 NextGen TV Transition
Without a hard transition date, the local TV industry runs the risk of being leapfrogged by ever-expanding technological advances on other platforms.
It seems like everything you read these days is about relaxing ownership rules, but there is another critical issue before the Federal Communications Commission that is in danger of flying beneath the radar, and you know what happens when you fly under the radar: You might hit the ground.
That issue is the long overdue transition to NextGen TV.
When ATSC 3.0 was first announced back in 2013, it was seen as a game changer for viewers, offering a revolutionary television experience. Twelve years later the transmission system is ready, but the launch is stalled. Unless the FCC acts now, the public is at risk of losing access to one of the great communication innovations of our time.
>>>Read the full story on TV Tech here.
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