[BVARC] Houston, We Have a NextGen TV Launch
Brad K5BES
k5bes at k5bes.net
Sat Dec 11 08:54:42 CST 2021
John,
No firm date on shutting down ATSC 1 yet. We expect to keep it through at
least 2025 on the major networks. Even when stations switch from using
lighthouse ATSC 3 stations to broadcasting their own, we expect there will
be a few ATSC 1 “Sundown Stations” that will still rebroadcast the major
networks for a few years in ATSC 1.
On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 16:03 john Parmalee <jparmalee at aol.com> wrote:
> Brad, I am an old NTSC xmtr engineer from Mr Wilson. I would be
> intrested in hearing how the move went and how ATS 3 is working out. Any
> date to kill ATSC 1
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> John Parmalee
> Jparmalee at aol.com
> 281-380-3811
> K5VGM WI2XLJ
> In a message dated 12/9/2021 1:21:57 PM Central Standard Time,
> bvarc at bvarc.org writes:
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> Eventually there will be a lot more interactive features, along with HDR
> video. Only KPRC has some basic interactive features up currently. Houston
> is the largest launch of this so far.
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> In order to put ATSC 3/Nextgen on the air here, channels 20 and 39 had to
> basically go off the air with their ATSC 1 signals. 39.1 (The CW) is
> actually being broadcast in ATSC 1 by KPRC 2 and 20 is on their sister
> station KRIV’s transmitter now.
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> KIAH 39 is now carrying 2, 8, 11, 39 & 47 in ATSC 3
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> KTXH 20 is carrying 13, 20, 26, 45, & 67 in ATSC 3.
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> The stations are sending their streams between each other’s facilities via
> IP video over the public internet.
>
> I am an engineer at a station involved in this if anyone has any questions
> or comments. If you have an ATSC 3/Nextgen TV and are having issues with
> the signal, let me know.
>
> Brad
> K5BES
>
> On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 12:04 john Parmalee via BVARC <bvarc at bvarc.org>
> wrote:
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> Houston, We Have a NextGen TV Launch
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> By George Winslow <https://www.tvtechnology.com/author/george-winslow>published 2
> days ago
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> The ATSC 3.0 roll-out across 10 stations in the nation’s eighth-largest TV
> market is the biggest launch of NextGen TV signals to date
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> [image: Pixabay]
> (Image credit: Pixabay)
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> *HOUSTON, Texas*—In what is being billed as the largest NextGen TV launch
> to date, 10 local stations in Houston, the eighth-largest TV market in the
> United States, have launched ATSC 3.0 broadcasts.
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> The launches involved the following TV station groups and stations:
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> - Fox Television Stations’ KTXH (My Network, channel 20) and
> owned-and-operated KRIV (FOX, channel 26).
> - Nexstar Media Group, Inc.’s KIAH (CW, channel 29).
> - Univision’s KFTH (UniMas, channel 67) and owned-and-operated KXLN
> (Univision, channel 45).
> - ABC owned-and-operated KTRK (ABC, channel 13).
> - Graham Media Group’s KPRC (NBC, channel 2).
> - Tegna’s KHOU (CBS, channel 11).
> - NBCUniversal-owned KTMD (Telemundo, channel 47).
> - University of Houston’s KUHT (PBS, channel 2).
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> The participating stations have worked together to ensure that current
> programming remains available to all viewers, regardless of whether their
> television service is provided over-the-air or by a cable or satellite
> company.
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