Pearl TV: NextGen TV Devices to Top 10M by Year’s End
NEW YORK—The broadcast company consortium Pearl TV and its network partners are highlighting a number of new milestones in the rollout of NextGen TV, including a projection that more than […]
NEXTGEN TV Expected to Surpass 10 Million Installed Devices in US Consumer Homes During 2023 Holiday Season With Launch of New York City Market
As ATSC 3.0 Standard Rolls Out Across the Country, 10,000 NEXTGEN TV Sets Are Now Sold Daily; More Upgrade Accessory Receivers Arrive at Retail NEW YORK, Oct. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Pearl TV, […]
TV Translator Licensee Dinged for Tardy Application Filings
The owner of two low-power television stations serving a town along the Kootenay River in Idaho could be on the hook for a financial penalty for being late with its […]
Mastering the NextGen TV Post Transition
ATSC 3.0 deployments are booming in the U.S. and evolving past the trial phase onto the monetization stage. While the benefits of NextGen TV have been explored extensively, the broadcast community needs […]
Bridge Media Buys Stakes In Cumulus and Audacy
Bridge Media Networks, owned by 5-Hour Energy drink founder Manoj Bhargava, is expanding its media interests by buying stakes in Audacy and Cumulus Media as part of a series of […]
Nationwide EAS and WEA Tests Coming October 4, 2023
On October 4, 2023, at 2:20 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will conduct a nationwide test of […]
FCC to Vote on `Franken FMs’
WASHINGTON, D.C.—During its July meeting on July 20, the FCC will vote on issues relating to FM6 stations, aka “Franken FMs” and consider a Report and Order allowing a limited […]
FCC Adopts ATSC 3.0 Multicast Licensing Rules, Extends “Substantially Similar” and A/322 Sunsets
On June 23, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Third Report and Order (Order) in its Next Generation Broadcast Television (ATSC 3.0 or Next Gen TV) docket, […]
Larry Morton, Greg Fess Spin LPTVs In Arkansas
A low-power TV station licensed to Hot Springs, Ark., owned by Greg Fess-led Pinnacle Media, is being sold alongside a pair of LPTVs licensed to Fayetteville and Fort Smith, Ark., licensed to Larry Morton‘s KTV […]
FCC Modifies ATSC 3.0 Rules to Ease the Transition to NextGen TV
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The FCC has issued an order that modifies its ATSC 3.0 rules to permit multicast licensing and extends the sunsets of the substantially similar rule and A/322 standard through July […]