FLINT, Mich.—The first NextGen TV broadcasts in Flint Michigan have began at WJRT-TV (the Allen Media Group-owned ABC affiliate), WNEM-TV (the Gray Television-owned CBS affiliate), WSMH (the Sinclair-owned Fox affiliate), WEYI-TV (the Howard Stirk Holdings-owned NBC affiliate) and WBSF (the Cunningham-owned CW affiliate). To put together for the launch, WBSF, owned by Cunningham Broadcasting, transformed to ATSC 3.0 (aka NextGen TV) transmissions. WBSF is broadcasting its personal programming, in addition to the programming of the opposite taking part stations, in NextGen TV format. All the programming of every taking part station will proceed to be obtainable in the present DTV format, which all fashionable tv units can obtain. BitPath, which is growing new information broadcasting providers, led the planning course of and coordinated efforts throughout the 5 tv stations. This newest deployment marks the forty seventh market to launch ATSC 3.0 in the U.S. Approximately 45% of U.S. TV households are inside vary of receiving ATSC 3.0 with that proportion anticipated to develop to 75% by the tip of 2022, in line with the ATSC. CTA estimates that 3 million NextGen TV appropriate TV units have been offered in the U.S. thus far and predicts gross sales of 4.5 million of the units to be offered by the tip of 2022. TV Tech has been monitoring all of the markets which are planning to or have launched ATSC 3.0 broadcasts right here. For extra info, go to TV Tech’s NextGen TV web page.
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