NAB asks for ATSC 3.0 mandate by 2030

[yeoldeschool]

I sincerely hope this doesn't go anywhere.

It seems like they're expecting stations to share transmitting facilities as a "solution" for the limited number of channels under the proposed plan, which to me seems like a sure way of killing off any marginal stations.

That and it would more than cancel out any HEVC quality gains. Do we really need more artifacting than now and DRM?

 

[Mediafrog+]

I sincerely hope this doesn't go anywhere.

It’s a long way off if it happens at all. The wireless companies currently seem to have their eyes on reallocating spectrum between 2 and 7 GHz, rather than extending below 614 MHz, and supplementing with millimeter and “terahertz” systems.

Any reallocation of current TV spectrum probably won’t happen until wireless internet is essentially ubiquitous for all forms of commication. At that point the differentiation among various types of service will disappear.

 

[IM42A]

I sincerely hope this doesn't go anywhere.

It seems like they're expecting stations to share transmitting facilities as a "solution" for the limited number of channels under the proposed plan, which to me seems like a sure way of killing off any marginal stations.

c

Or they could cut down on the number of subchannels and diginets, and make enough space for two (or more) stations to share a single channel and maybe one or two x.2+ subchannels each.

I have to think that some of these diginets have very low viewership. Many of them exist only because LPTVs have to have something to broadcast. (I'm assuming that many of these would go away too.)

This isn't a good idea.

 

[Theater of My Mind]

What is Landover Saturn 5 LLC and who is behind it? Do they actually own or operate anything useful? A search mainly reveals they hired a high power "lobbying" firm in October, presumably with plans to bribe their way to some stolen spectrum.

 

[Mediafrog+]

Ideas for combining ATSC 3.0 and 5GTV using time division:

Op-Ed: Stop the False Choice—5G Broadcast Can Ride Inside ATSC 3.0, and We Can Deploy Now

A practical path to mobile-era datacasting

www.tvtechnology.com

 

[Mediafrog+]

Weigel weighs in on ATSC 3.0.

Error in the article: ATSC 3.0 does NOT require a “new antenna” (neither did ATSC 1.0.)

Weigel To FCC: ATSC 3.0 Corrupts Free and Simple TV Service | Radio & Television Business Report

Weigel Broadcasting's business model, focused largely on digital multicast networks, has been largely successful. As such, the company is wary of a "mandated flash cut" to ATSC 3.0-powered NEXTGEN TV as proposed by the NAB. The company owned by Norman Shapiro says it is very much a matter of...

rbr.com

 

[kevtronics]

Weigel also points out that DRM encrypted ATSC 3.0 will block EAS alerts from being received unless your TV or decoder box is connected to the Internet.

ATSC 3.0 DRM requires a functioning internet connection to retrieve decryption keys. This creates an unacceptable public safety vulnerability. In many emergency scenarios, such as tornadoes, wildfires, severe storms, power failures, cyber outages, or network disruptions, broadband access is often the first service to fail. Under the current DRM implementation, consumers without an active internet connection cannot receive the encrypted broadcast, which means they also cannot receive critical alerts or emergency messaging that could save lives.