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Watch free 4K TV broadcasts with an antenna: NextGen TV comes to more cities in 2021
Cord cutters rejoice! Free 4K TV over the air, also known as ATSC 3.0, is expanding to New York, Los Angeles and other major markets this year. Listen - 05:48
NextGenTV, aka ATSC 3.0, is continuing to roll out across the country. Free over-the-air 4K broadcasts are a thing of the present, at least in the 23 markets where it s currently available. And more stations are coming online soon. The goal is to have stations in 98 cities all over the country, including large metropolitan areas, to be live and broadcasting by the end of the year.
TVN Tech One-On-One | Assessing A Pivotal Year For NextGen TV
ATSC President Madeleine Noland weighs in on the technology’s COVID-hampered rollout, the importance of peripheral receiver devices for viewers’ embrace and prospective nontraditional uses cases for the spectrum as a broadcast revenue driver.
By Glen Dickson | January 14, 2021 | 10:00 a.m. ET.
The ATSC 3.0 broadcast standard took a big leap forward at last year’s CES show in Las Vegas with the introduction of the first 3.0-capable TV sets. LG, Samsung and Sony pledged to roll out a total of 20 of the new “NextGen TV” models in 2020, while broadcasters aimed to launch 3.0 signals in the Top 40 markets, and over 60 overall, by year-end.