ATSC 3 (ATSC 3.0 / NextGen TV) and other Advanced Television Systems Committee News

ATSC 3.0 demo station launched in Trinidad and Tobago
Dec 18, 2024 – The Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT), with the four FTA TV service providers CCN TV6, Parliament TV, CNC3 and TTT, has launched DTT on an ATSC 3.0 demo station.
News categories: Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago, Aaron Simon, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Trinidad and Tobago

WISI's Inca IP Video Platform supports A3SA-protected content
Nov 13, 2024 – WISI has announced an update to the Inca IP Video Platform with the addition of bulk Widevine decryption of ATSC 3.0 streams with content protection from the ATSC 3.0 Security Authority (A3SA).
News categories: WISI, Sharen Sandhu, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Content Protection, Digital TV, North America

Sinclair and IIT Bombay partner on Broadcast-to-Everything research
Nov 8, 2024 – Sinclair and IIT Bombay are to collaborate on wireless broadcast services over telecom and broadcast networks, focusing on enhancements to the ATSC 3.0 wireless broadcast standard.
News categories: Sinclair, IIT Bombay, Chris Ripley, Mark Aitken, Professor Shireesh Kedare, Madeleine Noland, Shashi Shekhar Vempati, 5G, ATSC 3, India

Two amendments to ATSC standards published
Nov 5, 2024 – Two new documents have been approved by the ATSC and published on its web site: A/322:2024-04 Amendment No. 1 (ATSC 3.0 MIMO Extension) and A/344:2024-02 (ATSC 3.0 Interactive Content).
News categories: Advanced Television Systems Committee, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Middleware, USA, Worldwide

Run3TV partners with TVision on Local TV measurement
Oct 17, 2024 – Run3TV, the ATSC 3.0 application platform for local TV broadcasters in the U.S., has partnered with TVision to provide viewing and attention data from the TVision audience panel.
News categories: Run3TV, TVision, Michael Collette, Yan Liu, Advertising, ATSC 3, Big Data, Digital TV, HTML5, USA

Sinclair and Nebraska Public Media launch virtual channel on ATSC 3.0
Oct 16, 2024 – Sinclair (NASDAQ:SBGI) has announced that Nebraska Public Media's PBS and local programming is now hosted on Sinclair's station in Omaha, as a free, virtual channel, using NEXTGEN broadcast data channel capacity.
News categories: Sinclair, Nebraska Public Media, APTS, Rob Weisbord, Peter Clowney, Kate Riley, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, USA

ADTH announces NextGen TV USB and app for Android and Fire TV
Oct 7, 2024 – Atlanta DTH (ADTH) has announced its ADTH NextGen TV USB tuner and App for Android and Fire TV. The new tuner and app are fully NextGen TV compliant and able to decrypt A3SA DRM encrypted channels.
News categories: Atlanta DTH, Ivy Shou, Apps, ATSC 3, Digital TV, DRM, Peripherals / Accessories, USA

ATSC approves A/322 physical layer specification amendment
Sep 19, 2024 – The ATSC has approved an amendment to its A/322 'Physical Layer Protocol' standard. The amendment specifies MIMO, Channel Bonding, LDM, and their combinations in the physical layer.
News categories: Advanced Television Systems Committee, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, USA, Worldwide

Partnership to develop D2M devices for consumer trials in India
Sep 18, 2024 – Saankhya Labs, Free Stream Technologies and Sinclair are collaborating to design and launch a variety of value-for-money mobile phones with augmented Direct-to-Mobile (D2M) broadcast capability.
News categories: Sinclair, Saankhya Labs, FreeStream, Chris Ripley, Parag Naik, Sumeet Nindrajog, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, India, Semiconductor, Smartphone