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The end of 2020 has come and gone. The pandemic slowed down many of our businesses and our strategic plans were revised multiple times over the course of the year. For Next Generation TV, though, in spite of all the challenges, significant progress was made in launching stations across the country in 2020. Below we’ve [...]

After the challenges of 2020, we're finding excitement as we turn toward the beginning of a new year that offers the chance to look back but, more importantly, look forward to new opportunities. We wanted to know what technologists in our industry are excited about and expect (or hope) to see in 2021. So we [...]

Consultant Shelly Palmer’s recent piece, "TV: The Platform vs. The Artform," is a cautionary tale. Making the case that the TV "platform," meaning traditional broadcast television stations and networks (along with cable networks), "has damaged its consumer experience beyond repair," he comes to the following exasperated conclusion: "TV is dead to me. It’s not only [...]

During this pandemic we don’t typically like to hear of a surge. But as it relates to NextGen TV the surge is a good thing. It means new and improved broadcast television offerings in more and more markets, and we are definitely in the midst of a surge. Seventeen stations have launched this year with three new [...]

Words matter (in more ways than one) when talking about or talking to smart speakers. Simply calling these devices that sit on our desks and counters a “speaker” evokes the idea of a one-way engagement where music, news and information is simply delivered via audio – or audio and video on those devices that also [...]

For those immersed in new technology for broadcasting, ATSC 3.0 and Next Generation TV are nothing new, as we’ve been working with the associated technological standards, equipment development and policy issues for over a decade. But as stations begin to actually deploy services and manufacturers launch retail products, Next Gen TV is being introduced to [...]