Test of 'Next-Generation' TV Transmission Standard Moves Forward

[osu1991]

http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/tvbizwire/2013/02/test-of-next-generation-tv-tra.php

A test run for a new television broadcast standard got the OK from the Federal Communications Commission and will take place at a Baltimore station, B&C reports.

“According to a copy of the FCC document obtained by B&C, the FCC has granted Cunningham Broadcasting's WNUV-TV Baltimore a six-month experimental broadcast license to use the CW affiliate as a test bed for a ‘next-generation’ broadcast standard that the station argues could help broadcasters be a player in the mobile, multiplatform and ultra-high definition of the video future

 

[harshness]

Western Europe seems to be all over DVB-T2 already. It seems that OFDM brings FEC to OTA but at a pretty big overhead cost.

 

[mike123abc]

Not a big deal if you do not have a bunch of subchannels. If the station is using all its bits, this would not be practical.