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ATSC 3.0 Radio

Isn't KOMO-AM and KOMO FM a simulcast? Could this be a sign they will separate the two? Would not make sense to have two channels of the same thing.
 
This has nothing to do with AM-FM simulcasting KOMO radio or not. This is about Sinclair putting their Seattle radio station audio on the ATSC 3.0 TV demonstration stream. It's an effort to show the capabilities of ATSC 3.0. Of course, anyone would need an ATSC 3.0 receiver to hear KOMO's audio, but who's counting...
 
xmtrland said:
Isn't KOMO-AM and KOMO FM a simulcast? Could this be a sign they will separate the two? Would not make sense to have two channels of the same thing.
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No. This has nothing to do with it. Its just providing the radio signals on an ATSC 3.0 TV signal, where you access them via an interactive feature within the TV signal on an ATSC 3.0-enabled television set.
 
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Dolby Atmos® FAQ

What Is Dolby Atmos? Dolby Atmos is an Object Based audio surround system (similar to competing DTS:X and Auro 3D systems). Object based systems are a combination of raw audio channels and metadata that describes the spatial position (in 3D space) and other properties of audio objects. Atmos...
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11 channel (7.1.4) Dolby Atmos Surround Sound in the car, it could leave Stereo car audio in the dust. ;)


Kirk Bayne
 
kfbkfb said:
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Dolby Atmos® FAQ

What Is Dolby Atmos? Dolby Atmos is an Object Based audio surround system (similar to competing DTS:X and Auro 3D systems). Object based systems are a combination of raw audio channels and metadata that describes the spatial position (in 3D space) and other properties of audio objects. Atmos...
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11 channel (7.1.4) Dolby Atmos Surround Sound in the car, it could leave Stereo car audio in the dust. ;)


Kirk Bayne
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How would a native stereo or mono voice encoded for 11 channels make a difference? Answer: It wouldn't. Unless the audio is mixed and encoded for 11 channels, it's still just stereo or mono.

If you take audio that is mixed for Dolby 5.1 and play it out of Atmos surround, it's still only 5.1. The remaining channels are unused.
 
Don't they have to pay different music licensing if they are broadcasting on TV? That was a problem we ran in to long ago. Even some union rules, too, since the talent on spots were now doing "TV commercials".
 
kenglish said:
Don't they have to pay different music licensing if they are broadcasting on TV? That was a problem we ran in to long ago. Even some union rules, too, since the talent on spots were now doing "TV commercials".
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I think the difference here is: Nobody can listen, so if a spot runs on a media that nobody can hear, did it actually run? Remember, the audio bits aren't part of the TV broadcasts, but separate streams carried on the digital signal.
 
Have they figured out if this would trigger added royalty from Sound Exchange? Has that question been vetted? Maybe they could put the royalty on the ATSC 3.0-enabled television set the listener needs to buy to hear the station stream on ATSC.
 
xmtrland said:
Have they figured out if this would trigger added royalty from Sound Exchange? Has that question been vetted? Maybe they could put the royalty on the ATSC 3.0-enabled television set the listener needs to buy to hear the station stream on ATSC.
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Do the Franken FMs on 87.7(5), LPTV channel 6, have to pay additional royalties or different rates? That seems like it should be the precedent.
 
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There are some audio only (BBC radio stations, for example) digital TV "channels" on the Freeview terrestrial DTV system, I don't know of any mobile DTV receivers though (the USA ATSC 1.0 DTV system isn't designed for mobile reception).


Kirk Bayne
 
kfbkfb said:
There are some audio only (BBC radio stations, for example) digital TV "channels" on the Freeview terrestrial DTV system, I don't know of any mobile DTV receivers though (the USA ATSC 1.0 DTV system isn't designed for mobile reception).


Kirk Bayne
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You're right Kirk. Back in the early days of DTV, they were proposing mobile DTV including the possibility of putting ATSC receiver chips in smartphones. Not only were phone manufacturers not eager to cram more into the phone, field test results were disappointing. The entire thought just sort of faded away...
 
Aren't there some TV stations with radio on their subchannels now even though they can only be heard on TVs or possibly online? How do they have to handle music licensing, or are they mainly talk?
 
I'm surprised that Freeview still allocates capacity for audio only services that are available on FM and streaming (and possibly DAB).
Although the European DVB digital TV system does work for mobile reception, it seems like a lot of effort to haul a DTV receiver
around just to listen to some radio stations.


Kirk Bayne
 
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