[BVARC] Houston, We Have a NextGen TV Launch

Tue Dec 14 09:40:10 CST 2021

Here is the encoding and monitoring setup at KPRC for ATSC 3.  The video
flow routers are two redundant bi-directional links between KPRC & KIAH
over two different isps.

Below is the ATSC 3 monitoring gear. In the yellow bag is a portable ATSC 3
field monitor. The Dell pc at the bottom is for control of the Sencore and
Trivini  systems.

The Harmonic encoders are the final destination before ATSC 1 programming
leaves the building. The Selinio is the old encoder.

 The CW programming from KIAH is inserted here via an ip Ethernet
connection to the video flow routers pictured.  There is an ASI video link
over both Microwave and leased fiber circuit to the transmitter site.
Comcast, YouTube Tv, and AT&T also have fiber connections and use over the
air as a backup. Everyone else (i.e. Dish, Entouch, Suddenlink, etc.) pick
up only via over the air.

On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 21:54 JASON LAUCKNER via BVARC <bvarc at bvarc.org>
wrote:

> Jimmy,
> It is certainly moving that way. ATSC3.0 is IP based. Our facility is
> mostly SDI (serial digital- coax) based but more of it is moving to fully
> IP based processing-distribution. Our local 20 and 26 signals hit the
> encoder as SDI but it is all IP after that, right up to the transmitter
> input. 13, 45 and 48 (the other stations on the 3.0 transmitter) arrive as
> IP and are fed to the encoder that way.
> Jason
> KG5WPE
>
> On 12/13/2021 9:09 PM Jimmy Vance via BVARC <bvarc at bvarc.org> wrote:
>
>
> Thanks Jason. Isn't pretty much all modern broadcast using AoIP and VoIP?
>
>
> --jv
>
>
> On 12/13/2021 8:41 PM, JASON LAUCKNER via BVARC wrote:
>
> Attached are a couple of pictures of the 3.0 encoding/monitoring equipment
> at KRIV/KTXH.
>
> On 12/11/2021 9:19 AM Leslie Bartosh via BVARC <bvarc at bvarc.org>
> <bvarc at bvarc.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> Brad:
> Thank you for all the great information!
> 73
> Leslie, AD5WB
>
> On Dec 11, 2021, at 9:01 AM, Brad K5BES via BVARC <bvarc at bvarc.org>
> <bvarc at bvarc.org> wrote:
>
> Chris, it depends on your location. We have discovered at least with UHF
> stations that amplifies antennas often times cause a lot more problems than
> they solve, unless you are 30+ miles out from the transmitter. If you are
> here in the SW area, try non-amplified first.
>
> KHOU is on KIAH’s RF-34 signal.
>
> On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 21:23 Chris Luppens via BVARC <bvarc at bvarc.org>
> wrote:
>
> I have NextGen (Samsung) TV but am on Xfinity so understand the cable
> systems can’t manage things yet so have to go over the air. Since I have
> 200-ft high shot to most of the antennas I believe a small amplified
> antenna (they are very cheap) will work. Are the channels the same? Channel
> 11 is 11-1 etc ?
>
> Typos Compliments of iPhone
> Chris Luppens
>
>
> On Dec 9, 2021, at 9:10 PM, Christopher Boone via BVARC <bvarc at bvarc.org>
> wrote:
>
>
> Desktop converters are still in preproduction. Not sure when they will
> be available.
>
> There are only 3 TVs that have V3, lowest cost is 900 or so..eventually
> they will drop...just like DTVs did originally
>
> On Thu, Dec 9, 2021, 8:51 PM john Parmalee via BVARC <bvarc at bvarc.org>
> wrote:
>
> Any thoughts as to how to get a tuner?  Best by blanks  At a search for
> ATS 3.  I see a $1500 flat screen that I don't want.
>
> John Parmaleeat a
> Jparmalee at aol.com
> 281-380-3811
> K5VGM WI2XLJ
> In a message dated 12/9/2021 4:58:28 PM Central Standard Time,
> bvarc at bvarc.org writes:
>
> You'll need an ATSC 3 or NextGen TV to view it or an external tuner box
> like before, some HDTV may support a USB dongle for decode but no
> confirmationon that yet. 4k/,UHD support, better and more channels of
> audio, a 14db increase in OTA reception and rejection of noise ( goodbye to
> most pixelation!!), more channels in better definition and much more. More
> info at https://www.watchnextgentv.com/
>
> Chris
> WB5ITT
>
> On Thu, Dec 9, 2021, 3:58 PM Ambrose E Fawcett III via BVARC <
> bvarc at bvarc.org> wrote:
>
> What is so great about NextGen TV?  What differences will I see on my TV?
>
> Pump
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: john Parmalee via BVARC <bvarc at bvarc.org>
> To: nars at mailman.qth.net; bvarc at bvarc.org
> Cc: john Parmalee <jparmalee at aol.com>
> Sent: Thu, Dec 9, 2021 12:04 pm
> Subject: [BVARC] Houston, We Have a NextGen TV Launch
>
>
> Houston, We Have a NextGen TV Launch
>
> By George Winslow  <https://www.tvtechnology.com/author/george-winslow>published
> 2 days ago
>
> 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]
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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.
>
>
> The launches involved the following TV station groups and stations:
>
>    - 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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