Sinclair-owned One Media appoints Matthew Goldman to technical VP role
Goldman will be responsible for implementing, expanding and supporting various advanced operational technologies associated with NextGen TV.
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.
In the United States, ATSC 3.0 is better known by the consumer brand name NextGen TV.
Goldman will be responsible for implementing, expanding and supporting various advanced operational technologies associated with NextGen TV.
Sinclair and APTS are partnering with Nebraska Public Media to bring their public TV station to NextGen TV in Omaha.
Fritz spent more than five decades working in media and communications.
A Comcast-owned Telemundo station is providing NextGen TV signals to the Tucson area.
The feature will allow NextGen TV users to restart programming or get hyperlocal news like pinpoint weather forecasts.
One Las Vegas TV station will demonstrate the unique capabilities of FastStream by deploying an interactive content channel for local news broadcasts.
Leading independent television operators like the E. W. Scripps Company and Sinclair are participating in the effort.
The shift is part of the development and deployment of a new broadcast TV standard, which will begin rolling out next year.
The streaming channel will launch as a virtual network on Sinclair-owned stations broadcasting in ATSC 3.0.
Sinclair said the move is intended to encourage more public TV stations to sign on to NextGen TV, which will help them reach viewers already using the new digital broadcast standard.