HPA’s Tuesday afternoon broadcast panel began with a DTV transition update: 421 stations turned off analog TV last night, without any major issues. 220 stations had already turned off analog TV. 36% of the 1,796 licensed NTSC stations are now off the air.
The NAB’s Graham Jones was first up, reporting on plans for ATSC 2.0, a suite of next generation services for the fixed DTV receiver.
He said an industry poll resulted in the identification of 26 features that are currently under consideration.
Among them is 3D, which ranked 18th as most desired feature (and ranked 6th among CE manufacturers). Jones noted that the poll was taken last August, and he would expect that if taken today, 3D would be rank higher on the list.
“We are looking for input from the industry,” he emphasized.