Posted on June 11, 2025 in ATSC News
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NAB’s February petition to the FCC to shut off ATSC 1.0 in the top 55 markets less than three years from now focused increased attention on ATSC 3.0 at the 2025 NAB Show. I found no lack of products for broadcasters looking to switch to ATSC 3.0 and, as others and I have shown in articles on previous NAB Shows, there are now several low-cost options for encoding and transmitting ATSC 3.0 signals.
However, until enough viewers have ATSC 3.0-compatible TVs and the commission relaxes rules requiring stations to continue broadcasting on ATSC 1.0 shared channels, any ATSC 1.0 shutdown will be difficult. What broadcasters have been looking for since starting ATSC 3.0 broadcasts is a “killer app” that will drive the transition to NextGen TV.
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