Bringing it to a nation of more than 212 million people — where 80% of the population watches over-the-air television — ...

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 ...

As broadcasters gather in Las Vegas for the 2026 NAB Show, April 19-22, the broadcast standards group reiterated the ...

The ATSC 3.0 broadcast standard is “setting a new benchmark for efficient data delivery.” A newly released study from a Sinclair Inc. subsidiary shares just how the new digital broadcast TV standard ...

Things are about to get messy for free, over-the-air TV. This week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed a notice of proposed rulemaking that’s designed to allow broadcast TV stations to ...

With the U.S.’s transition to the ATSC 3.0 digital television standard in a holding pattern as broadcasters await an FCC rulemaking on key issues like the simulcasting requirement and a potential ATSC ...

At the FCC’s Open Meeting on October 28, 2025, the FCC adopted a Fifth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) seeking comments on proposed changes affecting television stations transitioning, ...

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.