BOULDER, Colorado — The Public Media Venture Group (PMVG), the Korea Radio Promotion Association (RAPA) and WCTE (Cookeville, Tennessee) announced the successful launch of an ATSC 3. 0 demo site on W35DZ-D, an energy-efficient television. Channel site owned by PMVG.
The new control bench, at the WCTE transmitter site in Monterey, Tennessee, will showcase the prospects of the ATSC 3. 0 generation for public media.
PMVG, RAPA and WCTE anticipate that the station will begin offering full ATSC 3. 0 service to the Upper Cumberland, Tennessee and Kentucky domain this fall.
“We are excited about the new features ATSC 3. 0 can bring. As a public station in rural Tennessee, we see the potential for 3. 0 to better serve our network by allowing us to load more distribution channels,” said Craig Lefevre, WCTE station. Manager. ” The benchmark will not only bring advantages to the Upper Cumberland region, but also inspire the entire industry to explore 3. 0 odds. “
The verification bench was built with the help of DigiCAP, a leading ATSC 3. 0 response provider founded in Seoul, South Korea. It will serve as a platform to expand and demonstrate ATSC 3. 0 programs and use cases, such as enhanced emergency alerts and interactive education. and dissemination of knowledge.
In early August, a delegation of Korean engineers and generation suppliers visited the WCTE to install the new station. The delegation included representatives from RAPA, ETRI, DS Broadcast and DigiCAP.
Greeted by WCTE’s technical and control staff, who were actively involved in the process, the delegation met with local policymakers and business leaders, as well as two members of the Tennessee Legislature, the corporations and teams said.
The delegation also saw the Putnam County Emergency Management Center and the transmitter at the top of WCTE Mountain.
In Monterey, the RAPA delegation installed and verified an ATSC 3. 0 formula configuration by adding a multimedia encoder, pneumatic chain, and modulator, and effectively performed a low-power verification of the formula configuration.
“As NextGen’s test and progression platform, this demo site will show how public media can continue to play a leadership role in delivering next-generation content and services,” said Marc Hand, founder and CEO of PMVG. working with WCTE and RAPA to experiment with ATSC 3. 0 features that can gain advantages for all public stations and their communities. “
“DigiCAP is proud to be part of this initiative that will showcase NextGen TV’s capabilities, from enhanced emergency alerts to targeted educational services,” added Joonyoung Park, senior vice president of DigiCAP. “The launch of the testbed illustrates the strength of foreign collaboration and demonstrates how generation leaders and cutting-edge broadcasters can combine to shape the future of broadcasting. “
George Winslow is TV Tech’s principal content creator. He has written about the television, media and generation sectors for approximately 30 years for publications such as Broadcasting.
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