ATBA Board Member Rod Payne Sees Educational Opportunities with LPTV and ATSC 3.0
Rod Payne, ATBA Board member and President of Christian Family Network Television, sees an opportunity for broadcasters to offer more educational and entertaining broadcasts with the help of LPTV and […]
South Korea Introduces The World’s First ATSC 3.0 Emergency Alert Service
The opening ceremony of Korea’s 2019 Broadcast Industry Promotion Week included a launch ceremony for an ATSC 3.0 emergency alert system. At the ceremony, The Korean Ministry of Information and […]
FCC presses ahead with 3.5GHz auction
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved a mid-2020 start date for its first mid-band spectrum auction, despite pressure from one member to pull the timeline forward into 2019. Bidding on […]
CTA Unveils ATSC 3.0 Branding
The Consumer Technology Association has unveiled a new logo for devices–4K Ultra HD TVs, gateway receivers, portable devices–that meet new ATSC 3.0 interoperability specs. CTA is billing NEXTGEN TV as […]
NAB Show New York Spotlighting Next Gen TV In Series Of Sessions
NEW YORK—The Next Gen TV standard has been a hot topic of discussion for the past several years at industry gatherings, but with ATSC 3.0 close to deployment in the […]
FCC Preps for What Could Be Biggest Spectrum Auction Ever
US officials appear to be putting the final touches on what some analysts believe will be the nation’s biggest spectrum auction ever. Perhaps not surprisingly, 5G sits at the heart […]
ATBA Board Member Robert Folliard Sees Hope for Rural Areas Thanks to ATSC 3.0
Robert Folliard, ATBA Board member and VP of Government Relations and Distribution at Gray Television Inc., sees hope for rural areas thanks to ATSC 3.0 and Low Power Television Stations. […]
The next step toward the brave new world of satellite and 5G wireless working together
There is broad bipartisan agreement that 5G, the fifth-generation cellular network technology standard, is crucial for America’s economic competitiveness. A wide range of technologies will harness 5G’s vast capabilities, including […]
The FCC’s TV station spectrum repacking project and what it means to you!
This year has been another busy year for the FCC and the companies affected by new changes thanks to the FCC auctioning frequencies and cause TV stations to relocate their […]
FCC: The Time to Request Repack Reimbursements Starts Now
When it comes to requesting a reimbursement for repack-related expenses, the clock starts now. Low-power TV, translator and FM radio stations have a pool of $150 million from which to […]