What They Say
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said in a report that:
“ATSC 3.0 stations have been licensed to operate in 68 markets, though in some cases it may be a single low power television station […] Furthermore, most markets with ATSC 3.0 deployments have a single 3.0 `lighthouse’ facility licensed to provide ATSC 3.0 service. According to S&P Global, Next Gen TV now reaches nearly 66.3 million unique households, or about 51.1 per cent of total US households.”
The FCC has asked for comments on the transition and to see if there are issues related to IP licensing for the development.
What We Think
As I mentioned in a recent Display Daily, I wonder if ATSC 3.0 is just too late. (Nextgen TV Generating Interest – but is it Too Late?) In that article I highlighted the potential cost increase of implementing ATSC 3.0 in chipsets, but just after that article, Pearl and Mediatek said that they had been working on that (Pearl TV, MediaTek Introduce ‘FastTrack to NEXTGEN TV’) so the jury remains out. (BR)
