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There is an unused channel/transmitter in Cleveland that has been and will be used for technical tests.
The choice of market for an initial test of a whole-market adoption plan depends on what broadcasters are there, are eager to cooperate, and how quickly and economically their transmitters can be adapted, how many have to change frequency, whether any currently use easily adaptable broadband antennas, etc. etc. etc. Remember, this change is accompanied by a channel repack to free up spectrum that has been auctioned to the cell phone companies. The biggest markets will have the greatest difficulty in repacking. |
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Quoting from the original press release:
“There were a few reasons Phoenix, with more than 20 percent of its 1.8 million TV viewers receiving OTA television, was chosen for the model market project, she said. “First, we are already testing together for the Verance watermark test,” said Schelle. Another factor was separate ATSC 3.0 interactivity testing Pearl TV has been involved with in the market. Additionally, the consortium has a good relationship with cable operators in Phoenix, which makes it easier to test MVPD interoperability, she said. Finally, only a couple of the stations participating in program will be changing channel assignments as part of the FCC TV spectrum repack and those stations are assigned to Phase 1 of the repack, she said. That made it relatively uncomplicated to get an early start in Phoenix. Participating stations include: · KNXV (Channel 15), E.W. Scripps Company’s ABC affiliate; · KSAZ (Channel 10), Fox Television Station’s Fox station; · KUTP (Channel 26), Fox Television Station’s MyTV Network; · KPHO (Channel 17), Meredith Local Media Group’s CBS affiliate; · KTVK (Channel 24), Meredith Local Media Group’s independent; · KASW (Channel 49), Nexstar Media Group’s CW Network affiliate; · KTAZ (Channel 39), Telemundo Station Group’s Telemundo station · KPNX (Channel 12), Tegna’s NBC affiliate; · KFPH-CD (Channel 35), Univision’s UniMas station; and · KTVW-DT (Channel 33), Univision. Phoenix will serve as a testbed for the business models and the consumer testing needed to prepare go-to-market strategies for next-generation television, said Schelle.”
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Compare to Cleveland, where Youngstown, Erie, London (ON), Columbus, Pittsburgh, Toledo and Detroit stations all make it difficult to find a channel for test stations that wouldn't case interfere with viewing in other surrounding areas. |
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ATSC 3.0 To Be Deployed In 40 U.S. Markets By End Of 2020
ATSC 3.0-enabled consumer devices to reach market by 2020. https://www.tvtechnology.com/atsc3/a...by-end-of-year
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Will the broadcasters have any programming to take advantage of the technology? I wouldn't hold any hope. After HD came out I've only seen one advantage of HD: High def from the ISS live. Minow wouldn't notice any changes from the '60's! DVD and Blu-ray (actually purple) is only good for movies between 1955 and 1975.
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