Simington Praises ATSC 3.0 Joint Venture
FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington on Wednesday lauded an ATSC 3.0 datacasting joint venture from the country’s largest broadcasters. Gray Media, Nexstar, E.W. Scripps and Sinclair Broadcast on Tuesday announced the creation of Edgebeam Wireless (see 2501070079). “One-to-many over-the-air data distribution…
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is several orders of magnitude more efficient than one-to-one transmission,” Simington said in an emailed statement. “From over-the-air firmware updates to pre-cached content, ATSC 3.0 holds the promise of playing an important role in any future mix of data delivery. And now, with a nationwide footprint, broadcasters are poised to deliver on that promise.”