by Rick Ducey | Jan 21, 2025 | Blog
Guiding the Transition to ATSC 3.0, aka “NEXTGEN TV” In April 2023, FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced the formation of the public-private Future of Television Initiative (FOTVI) led by the National Association of Broadcasters to “help...
by Rick Ducey | Mar 14, 2023 | BIA, BIA Podcast, Blog, Broadcast
ATSC3 is now in its “lighthouse phase” whereby local TV stations must share frequency on just one or two TV stations in a market to host all ATSC 1.0 services to free up other spectrum to introduce ATSC 3.0 services. At some point, the stations acting as “lighthouses”...
by Rick Ducey | Dec 2, 2021 | BIA, Blog, Broadcast
BIA evaluated three datacasting revenue scenarios: High, Middle and Low cases utilizing 7 Mbps, 5 Mbps, or 3 Mbps of ATSC 3.0 data capacity. BIA’s non-core datacasting revenue forecast estimates the Middle Case scenario will produce revenue rising to $10.7B...
by Rick Ducey | Oct 1, 2018 | BIA, Blog, Conferences
As the graphic presented above (from a recent TV Technology article) highlights, ATSC 3.0 and 5G deployments, capabilities, and industry commitments are running on similar timelines. The local TV industry is ramping up its testing and deployments of its NextGen...
by Rick Ducey | Sep 25, 2018 | BIA, Blog, Vantage Point
In this edition of BIA Advisory Service’s Vantage Points, we share insights from John Hane, President, Spectrum Co. The Vantage Point series taps the perspectives of various lookout points from around the local media and tech sectors. The views expressed do not...
