Digital TV News: Sinclair

Reach of NEXTGEN TV HDR tops 70 million homes in the U.S.
Jun 13, 2024 – U.S. broadcasters are launching new interactive services and enhanced picture and sound quality with NEXTGEN TV, now that three-quarters of households have access to NEXTGEN TV signals.
News categories: Pearl TV, RUN3TV, Anne Schelle, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Middleware, Smart TV, USA, UX

Interactive TV news channel unveiled by ROXi and Sinclair
Apr 15, 2024 – At NAB, ROXi and Sinclair unveiled 3 News Interactive Las Vegas. Powered by ROXi's FastStream, the NEXTGEN TV-delivered channel has the interactivity of an app without the need for an app on the TV.
News categories: ROXi, Sinclair, Rob Lewis, Skip Flenniken, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, NABShow, USA, UX

Sinclair launches 'Broadspan' datacasting platform
Apr 15, 2024 – Sinclair (Nasdaq: SBGI) has launched its 'Broadspan' datacasting platform to enable data distribution across its NextGen Broadcast (ATSC 3.0) markets. Edgio will be the first commercial partner.
News categories: Sinclair, Edgio, Del Parks, Skip Flenniken, Eric Black, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, USA

Broadcast industry leaders invest in RUN3TV
Apr 12, 2024 – Broadcast groups have announced they will lead funding to accelerate the commercial launch of the ATSC 3.0 Framework Authority (A3FA), the driving force behind the RUN3TV platform.
News categories: Pearl TV, Gray Television, Sinclair Broadcast, Nielsen, Comscore, Pat LaPlatney, Chris Ripley, Paul LeFort, Brian Pugh, Advertising, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart TV, USA, UX

DigiCAP, Sinclair and Eonti automate ATSC 3.0 security certificate management
Apr 12, 2024 – DigiCAP has announced that Sinclair will install the first system to automate ATSC 3.0 security certificate management, in collaboration with digital certificate management company Eonti.
News categories: DigiCAP, Sinclair, Eonti, Paul Spinelli, Oscar Marcia, ATSC 3, Content Protection, Digital TV, USA

Sinclair & APTS offer free ATSC 3.0 channel hosting for public TV stations
Mar 13, 2024 – Sinclair (NASDAQ:SBGI) and APTS have said that, in markets where Sinclair has deployed ATSC 3.0 and a public TV station has not, it will provide free carriage of a virtual channel for the station.
News categories: Sinclair, APTS, Rob Weisbord, Patrick Butler, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, USA

5% of US internet households have only a pay-TV service
Jan 4, 2024 – Parks Associates' latest tracker update reveals that just 5% of US internet households have only a pay-TV service, indicating legacy pay-TV continues to lose subscribers to streaming services.
News categories: Parks Associates, Eric Sorensen, Cable TV, CES2025, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, Streaming, USA

Local TV stations launch NextGen TV in El Paso, Texas
Dec 14, 2023 – Local television stations serving the El Paso market have begun broadcasting with NextGen TV. The launch includes KVIA-TV (ABC), KDBC-TV (CBS), KTSM-TV (NBC), KFOX-TV (FOX), and KTDO (Telemundo).
News categories: BitPath, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, USA

Sinclair, CAST.ERA and RAPA announce ATSC 3.0 DDaaS agreement
Oct 27, 2023 – Sinclair has agreed an MOU with RAPA and CAST.ERA to enhance ATSC 3.0 services between Korea and the U.S. and expand the DDaaS (Data Distribution as a Service) platform globally.
News categories: Sinclair, RAPA, CAST.ERA, Del Parks, Song Jung-su, Kevin Gage, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Korea, NABShow, USA