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3.0’s Potential to Be Tested In Phoenix, Dallas
As broadcasters pack their bags for next week’s NAB Show in Las Vegas to see the latest technology and discuss their industry’s future, stations in two of the country’s biggest markets are set to begin broadcasting with the new ATSC 3.0 broadcast standard. Read...
Aitken Honored by NAB TV Engineering Award
LAS VEGAS -- Mark Aitken, vice president of advanced technology for Sinclair Broadcast Group is the recipient of the 2018 NAB Television Engineering Achievement Award, which he will receive at an April 10 ceremony at the NAB Show. Read More...
Sinclair Taps ATEME for ATSC Encoding
PARIS, DENVER & SINGAPORE – ATEME has announced that it is supplying Sinclair Broadcast Group with live video encoding technology for Sinclair’s Dallas experimental ATSC 3.0 test for single frequency networks. Read More...
The IoT Potential in Next Gen TV
In an era of cybersecurity intrusions, Next Gen TV developers are looking at how to secure the all-IP ATSC 3.0 signals, which are a potential delivery vehicle for Internet of Things (IoT) services. Whether to fixed devices in the home, smart cars in transit, wearable...
NextGen TV Capacity Calculator
March 15, 2018 - HUNT VALLEY, MD.-- Helps broadcasters select from the over 1000 configuration possibilities in the new ATSC 3.0 standard. Read More...
Q&A: Mark Aitken on Dallas Next-Gen SFN Trial
BALTIMORE— Two months ago, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Nexstar Media Group, Univision and American Tower announced they would work together to setup an ATSC 3.0-based single frequency network in the Dallas market. Work is progressing on the SFN, which with a bit of...
NAB to Honor Aitken With Television Engineering Achievement Award
WASHINGTON — Mark Aitken, VP of Advanced Technology at Sinclair Broadcast Group, will be honored at the 2018 NAB Show with the NAB Television Engineering Achievement Award. Aitken, who has played an instrumental role in advancing development of the ATSC 3.0 Next-Gen...
Public TV urges FCC to exempt stations from ATSC 3.0 simulcasting rules
February 28, 2018 - Public broadcasters have asked the FCC to exempt noncommercial TV stations from a regulation requiring them to transmit video in two different broadcast standards during rollout of Next Generation TV technology. Read More...
Putting Next Gen TV to the [Full] Test
HUNT VALLEY, MD. — Sinclair Broadcast Group is among the largest stations groups in the United States with 193 stations in some 100 U.S. markets and is also recognized as a frontrunner in the development and deployment of ATSC 3.0. However, there’s been little public...
CES Marks ATSC 3.0’s Prelude
February 13, 2018 - LAS VEGAS, NV.- Behind the CES glitz of bigger and brighter video displays, voice-activated media controls and high-speed wireless delivery, Next Generation TV was taking shape. In hotel suites and private demo rooms, Sinclair-backed ONE Media...