TV Tech’s Top 20 NextGen TV Stories of 2024

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At the end of 2024, NextGen TV is available in three-quarters of all U.S. households

Top NextGen TV stories of 2024
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NextGen TV, aka ATSC 3.0, continued to advance in 2024, with some notable developments and renewed hopes that a deregulatory-minded Federal Communications Commission would push ATSC 3.0 into the mainstream with further deregulation in 2025, according to TV Tech contributing editor Phil Kurz in his wrap-up of major 3.0 developments for TV Tech.

As Kurz reported, 78 of the 210 Nielsen designated market areas (DMAs) were on-air at the end of 2024 with ATSC 3.0, making NextGen TV available to 76% of Nielsen TV households. 2024. Two markets—Jacksonville, Florida, and Davenport, Iowa—launched in mid-December, perhaps closing out the year for NextGen TV launches. Notably, 26 NextGen TV markets were transmitting ATSC 3.0 from at least two sticks at year-end.

Here are the twenty most popular stories on the TV Tech website in 2024 about NextGen TV:

  1. ATSC 3.0 Deployments: Where and When Will NextGen TV be Available?
  2. NextGen TV Advocates Express ‘Deep Concern’ Over Future of ATSC 3.0 Products
  3. Antenna Use Climbs Among Internet Homes, But NextGen TV Awareness Remains Low
  4. OTA Wireless Readies ATSC 3.0 Datacasting For Commercial Deployment
  5. The Many Moving Parts of the Transition to NextGen TV
  6. Sinclair’s Chris Ripley Lays Out ATSC 3.0 Challenges, Opportunities
  7. ATSC 3.0 Advances on Multiple Fronts in 2024
  8. NextGen TV@CES 2024: A Progress Report
  9. OTA Wireless Readies ATSC 3.0 Datacasting For Commercial Deployment (Part 2)
  10. ATSC Moves To Add VVC Compression To 3.0 Standard
  11. ChannelMaster.com Now Shipping Zinwell NextGen TV Receiver
  12. Chicago Television Stations Launch NextGen TV Services
  13. Latest ATSC 3.0 ‘Plugfest’ Targets Transport, DRM and More
  14. Panasonic's Return to U.S. Retail TV Market Includes Support for NextGen TV
  15. Gray Television To Enhance Paris Olympics NextGen TV Signal With HDR, Immersive Audio
  16. NextGen TV: The Push Is On
  17. Three Reasons Why Brazil’s TV 3.0 Decision Matters Here
  18. CES2024: 100-Plus NextGen TV Products Will Be Available to Consumers in 2024
  19. OTA Wireless Readies ATSC 3.0 Datacasting For Commercial Deployment (Part 3)
  20. Carr Raises Possibility of ‘Incentive Auction 2.0’
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George Winslow
George Winslow

George Winslow is the senior content producer for TV Tech. He has written about the television, media and technology industries for nearly 30 years for such publications as Broadcasting & Cable, Multichannel News and TV Tech. Over the years, he has edited a number of magazines, including Multichannel News International and World Screen, and moderated panels at such major industry events as NAB and MIP TV. He has published two books and dozens of encyclopedia articles on such subjects as the media, New York City history and economics.