The ATSC 3.0 (or NextGenTV) broadcast standard makes it possible to pick up 4K TV over the air, without paying for anything. Here's how it works and what you need for it.
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Auxiliary Facilities
In 2015, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing to eliminate outdated rules in order to promote the conversion of analog remote pickup facilities to digital. The NPRM is available
here. The pleading cycle in this proceeding closed in 2015.
CALM Act/Loud Commercials
In 2011, Congress enacted the CALM Act with the aim of ending loud commercials on TV, and the FCC’s rules implementing the CALM Act went into effect in 2012. To comply, TV stations must use equipment that adheres to the A/85:2013 standards adopted by the Advanced Television Standards Committee (ATSC), a standard that has been in place since June 2015. See our summary of CALM Act requirements
Philips TV Tuner History pt5
Competition and Growth
Introduction
We have reached the end of the 1980s, probably the turning point in the Philips Tuner history. On the one hand the business has been doing well: constant consolidation of (mainly European and US) competitors has substantially increased the market share and volumes, making it one of the global top3 tuner makers. However, in parallel the emergence of Japanese competition has made the business environment increasingly harsh, with a serious pressure on profitability and thus cost. Although Philips with its UV800 tuner family has probably made the best tuner ever in terms of robustness and performance, this model is clearly too big and expensive and in the coming two decades we will see a continuous drive for cost reduction and the associated size reduction. One of the most remarkable steps in this context is the move to the World Standard Pinning (WSP), with Philips agreeing with its main competitors Alps and Matsushita