ATSC 3.0
Watch our webinar about ATSC 3.0 and HD Radio
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We discuss these technologies with Steve Bass, CEO of Oregon Public Broadcasting.
Tech
Public TV’s early adopters prepare to put ATSC 3.0 plans into action
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Proponents remain bullish about the technology’s prospects but see plenty of challenges in the year ahead for public broadcasters.
Tech
Service-boosting ATSC 3.0 technology clears ‘important hurdle’ with FCC ruling
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The commission didn’t give public broadcasters everything they wanted, but a Jan. 19 decision paves the way for implementing distributed transmission systems that will aid ATSC 3 rollouts.
Tech
Public TV advocates hail FCC ruling on ATSC 3.0
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The commission is giving noncommercial TV stations a break on several rules and fees, a move that public broadcasters hope will lead to increased datacasting opportunities.
System/Policy
Public TV fights datacasting fees at FCC
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Advocates are challenging a requirement that stations pay the FCC 5% of revenue from “ancillary or supplementary services,” which they say could hamper adoption of ATSC 3.0.
Tech
Public Media Group partners with tower owner for bigger single-frequency network footprint
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A new alliance with American Tower gives PMG access to more than 40,000 towers around the country where it could potentially locate booster transmitters for future SFN systems.
System/Policy
John Lawson joins Public Media Venture Group to advocate for Next Gen TV
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The business consortium of 31 public broadcasters is adding an advocacy voice in Washington.
Tech
FCC resolves ‘big regulatory hurdles’ to public TV’s ATSC 3.0 rollout
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Pubcasters didn’t get everything they wanted, but America’s Public Television Stations COO Lonna Thompson said the commission’s solution for simulcasting difficulties is “generous and fair.”
Tech
Public Media Group buys WGBH share in Public Media Management venture
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WGBH’s decision to sell its interest in PMM is part of a pattern in which the Boston-based public media giant has incubated business ventures and spun them off.
Tech
FCC proposal could help public TV stations improve signal coverage
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Co-authored by America’s Public Television Stations, the proposal would expand the use of booster transmitters to fill coverage gaps.
Public media and the coronavirus
Stations plan for staying on air with remote staff
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Public radio managers are implementing measure as they face the possibility of extended disruption to operations.
ATSC 3.0
WKAR debuts platform that offers ‘stepping stone’ to ATSC 3.0
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The Apollo PublicTV Platform, which debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show this month, aims to help broadcasters experiment with the broadcast standard even before fully transitioning to the technology.
Featured in Category
At BizLab Summit, stations share lessons from experiments with new income streams
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The center for pubmedia innovation is urging participants to “fail fast” with bold efforts to find new revenue sources.
System/Policy
In FCC proceeding, APTS makes case for aiding FirstNet
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“To leave public television stations … on the sidelines of the FirstNet infrastructure is to ignore a robust, reliable and ubiquitous partner whose public safety capabilities have proven effective in a variety of critical use cases,” APTS told the FCC.
System/Policy
WLVT adds radio signal to its news initiative for Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley
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Under a management agreement with Lehigh University, the PBS station will provide the region’s first local NPR News station.
Tech
Never-ending winter hampers conversion of TV translators
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Engineers at public TV stations in the Mountain West are still coping with wintry weather as they try to complete their pieces of the national conversion of translators to new channels.
Tech
Public Media Group unveils strategies to build a public-private Next Gen TV network
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The new public benefit corporation, an affiliate of the Public Media Ventures Group, promises to operate as a neutral partner in developing local single-frequency network systems with public and commercial broadcasters.
Tech
PRSS rolls out training program that aims to cultivate new generation of public radio engineers
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Station leaders are increasingly saying that the lack of qualified engineers in the system is “keeping them up at night.”
Tech
TechCon features pubcasters sharing opportunities, challenges of ATSC 3.0 rollout
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This year’s TechCon presented the first real-world ATSC 3.0 experiences from several early adopters.
Tech
Public Media Venture Group explores ATSC 3.0 project
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Single-frequency networks will be an important part of the company’s work on the transition to the ATSC 3.0 digital TV system.