As the FCC considers next steps on the nation’s transition to ATSC 3.0 television broadcasting, Pearl TV 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…
U.S. broadcasters have opened the NextGen TV Converter Box Program to consumer electronics manufacturers, aiming to give millions of over-the-air TV viewers a low-cost, easy upgrade path to NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0). Prototypes from ADTH, Skyworth and Zinwell will be shown at NAB Show in Las Vegas, in the ATSC…