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ATSC 3.0

I don't yet know enough about ATSC 3.0 to discuss it in any detail, but it appears that the standard includes the transmission of services to mobile platforms. In rural locations, ATSC 3.0 transmissions might cover areas that have little or no cell coverage [...]

Someone would have to build the receiving capability into new devices. We're not just talking new TVs here. TVs might not even be a significant factor in the ATSC 3 device mix.

Tell that to everyone who's been trying to get FM radio tuners into mobile devices for over a decade. It won't happen, for a few reasons.

First, the phone manufacturers have cozy relationships with the mobile carriers, who make lots of money from streaming data.

Second, the major smart phones are sold globally, and the manufacturers will not have any interest in including a television chipset that will only work in the United States and South Korea.

Third, perhaps the biggest obstacle to portable ATSC 1.0 sets is not the encoding, but the power consumption. A modern smartphone with a modern ATSC tuner chip might last two hours before draining the battery, and I think I'm being generous. I haven't read anything to make me think ATSC 3.0 will be substantially better in this regard.

Finally, I wouldn't believe the reception claims until I saw them demonstrated in a portable unit, maybe 20 miles from the broadcast facility and with the receiver indoors or in a moving vehicle.
 
In Flanders, technically you can receive OTA signal, but you have to pay to received the signal since Eén, canvass, ketnet is scrambled. Think of the old Ontv and selectv back in the late 70s early 80s.

Yes, and most places can either get an OTA signal from either the Netherlands or Wallonia.

Switzerland is probably a better example of a true OTA switch off, and it has a very high cable penetration.

I think OTA switch off elsewhere is decades away, if ever.
 
What difference will ATSC 3.0 make to households which don't their TV connected to the internet?

Essentially many more bits than ATSC 1.0. In theory with ATSC 3.0, (to a limited extent) you can watch movies and sports programming (Golf) in 4K. There is also an opportunity for several additional 'dot' channels in HD, and in-depth information from advertiser products or services.
 
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