NextGen TV goes live in New York City
Viewers in the largest local TV market in the country now have access to six NextGen TV channels.
ATSC 3.0 is a new digital broadcast television standard that offers new features over the previous-generation ATSC 1.0 standard, including higher-fidelity audio, better picture quality (up to 4K capable), more digital signals originating from a single station, hyperlocal news and weather alerts and other interactive features.
Viewers in the largest local TV market in the country now have access to six NextGen TV channels.
The story included a headline that speculated Sony and Samsung might follow LG’s lead in pulling support for NextGen TV.
Two recent news articles speculated Sony and Samsung might follow LG’s lead in removing NextGen TV tuners from future television sets.
LG is dropping support for the ATSC 3.0 standard in newer-model TV sets following an unfavorable decision in a patent dispute.
A newly-formed FCC task force focused on NextGen TV will also set a goal of shutting down ATSC 1.0 signals, executives at Sinclair confirmed on Wednesday.
More than two dozen lawmakers sent a letter to the FCC and its chairperson urging the agency to get on board with the next-generation broadcast TV standard ATSC 3.0.
NextGen TV signals are now available to digital television viewers in San Francisco who have a compatible ATSC 3.0 tuner.
Nuvyyo is still developing a Tablo device that is capable of receiving ATSC 3.0 signals, a spokesperson confirmed.
The NAB says the FCC should create a task force to further prioritize the ATSC 3.0 transition.
A consortium of broadcasters is asking the FCC to create a task force as part of a push for the next-generation transmission standard ATSC 3.0.