Tech Developments NAB Show traditionally gives vendors the chance to roll out their latest advancements. The same is true of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. WASHINGTON—Sunsetting ATSC 1.0, expanding business opportunities for NextGen Broadcast and ...

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.

LAS VEGAS — With key executives of the leading broadcast television companies in the U.S. gathering Monday at the 2025 NAB Show to push their EdgeBeam broadcast data services business, the FCC’s Media ...

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 ...

Five years ago, the rollout of the ATSC 3.0 next-generation broadcast standard, or NextGenTV, began during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Broadcasters have been working steadily since to launch ...

Americans for Tax Reform. Citizens Against Government Waste. Taxpayer Protection Alliance. These are just a handful of the groups that have written to the FCC urging the agency to toss the NAB‘s ...

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, ...

On February 6, 2025, NAB filed the Petition, seeking to accelerate the transition to Next Gen TV. In the Petition, NAB proposes a two-phased transition. For the first phase, full-power stations in the ...

1. What is ATSC 3.0? ATSC 3.0 is the next generation terrestrial broadcast system designed from the ground up to improve the television viewing experience with higher audio and video quality, improved ...