Sinclair legal affairs president Jerald Fritz to retire
Fritz spent more than five decades working in media and communications.
ATSC 3.0
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.
Telemundo station brings NextGen TV signals to Tucson
A Comcast-owned Telemundo station is providing NextGen TV signals to the Tucson area.
NBC Universal to offer personalized experience through NextGen TV
The feature will allow NextGen TV users to restart programming or get hyperlocal news like pinpoint weather forecasts.
NextGen TV broadcasters pick Roxi’s FastStream for interactive channels
One Las Vegas TV station will demonstrate the unique capabilities of FastStream by deploying an interactive content channel for local news broadcasts.
Broadcasters rally around Run3TV for NextGen TV features, measurement
Leading independent television operators like the E. W. Scripps Company and Sinclair are participating in the effort.
Brazil will ditch broadcast TV channel numbers for app-based navigation
The shift is part of the development and deployment of a new broadcast TV standard, which will begin rolling out next year.
Sinclair brings tennis-centric T2 to free broadcast TV
The streaming channel will launch as a virtual network on Sinclair-owned stations broadcasting in ATSC 3.0.
Sinclair commits resources to help public TV stations launch NextGen TV signals
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.
Zinwell to sell NextGen TV box that doesn’t require home Internet connection
The Zinwell ZAT-6000L includes a 4G LTE radio that can connect to nearby cellphone towers in order to download server-side certificates needed to view encrypted ATSC 3.0 channels.
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.