Public broadcasters won’t have to adopt ATSC 3.0 anytime soon if they don’t want to. That’s the biggest takeaway from the FCC’s notice of proposed rulemaking for ATSC 3.0, also known as Next Gen TV.

Commission Notice of Proposed Rulemaking does not impose a firm cutoff date or mandate 3.0 tuners in new sets When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

For a case study in how a once-promising technology turned toxic, look no further than ATSC 3.0. Also known as NextGen TV, the new broadcast standard promised to revolutionize free over-the-air TV ...

A proposal to transition America’s television broadcasters from the current digital standard to NextGen TV would allow television stations to decide when to shut off their current digital signals, ...

The Federal Communications Commission is advancing a framework that would eliminate mandatory simulcasting requirements for television broadcasters adopting the ATSC 3.0 standard, according to a ...

WASHINGTON—In an important regulatory push to advance NextGen TV/ATSC 3.0, the NAB has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to establish dates for shutting down the current ATSC 1.0 ...

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a new rule that would require all television broadcasters to fully shut off their current ...

For the past five years running, I’ve written an annual check-in on ATSC 3.0 (or “NextGen TV”), the broadcast standard that’s supposed to greatly improve over-the-air TV. Every year, it’s been a story ...