Articles from Pearl TV

As the Federal Communications Commission considers next steps on the nation’s transition to ATSC 3.0 television broadcasting, Pearl TV today announced the NEXTGEN TV Converter Box Program, an industry-led effort focused on ensuring that over-the-air TV households have an affordable and user-friendly way to access NEXTGEN TV services while continuing to rely on free, local broadcast television.

With fall football in full swing and more sports choices returning to local broadcasters, viewers connected to NEXTGEN TV are now enjoying the enhanced benefits of next generation broadcasting. More than 250 channels are available with High Dynamic Range across the country, from virtually every next-generation TV broadcaster.

Just as all eyes are glued on the college basketball championships, viewers watching games in NEXTGEN TV are experiencing how enhanced broadcasts can deliver more spectacular High Dynamic Range (HDR) video and immersive Dolby Atmos audio from local broadcasters. The upgrades are a key benefit of ATSC 3.0 broadcasts that are now available to 76% of American households in 78 viewing markets.

With 76% of U.S. households now able to receive a NEXTGEN TV broadcast signal, America’s local TV broadcasters are hailing the introduction of new ATSC 3.0 receivers that will first be shown at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The affordable options will add to consumer choice, from high-end NEXTGEN TV sets to affordable accessories that can transform Android and Fire TV devices already in consumer homes.

In a landmark move for local broadcasting, several leading local broadcast groups including Gray Television, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Hearst Television, TEGNA Inc., and The E.W. Scripps Company today announced they are leading a collective venture that will revolutionize over-the-air (OTA) television audience measurement and expedite the deployment of innovative applications by broadcasters and receiver manufacturers.