Sinclair Broadcast Group subsidiary Acrodyne has come to terms with Progira to be the exclusive distributor of its broadcast and network planning and design tools in North America.

With the new ATSC 3.0 standard on the horizon, Sinclair Broadcasting Group has chosen Progira Plan to help implement ATSC 3.0 across the SGB TV network.

Whether a bottle of champagne will be popped remains to be seen, but ATSC is planning on celebrating nonetheless the expected delivery of the first complete set of ATSC 3.0 standards for deployment by the broadcasting industry next week during CES 2018.

ATSC 3.0 is being heralded as the next big thing for the broadcast industry, but Sinclair is thinking outside the traditional TV set

As progress continues to move forward with the next-generation TV standard ATSC 3.0, spectrum management and spectrum monitoring tech provider LS Telcom looks to do its part in supporting broadcasters in regards to the new technology.

Regardless of what transmission methods and technical details are made part of ATSC 3.0, it’s a certainty that mobility will be a centerpiece.

ATSC 3.0 will be a suite of about 20 separate standards. The first one—describing the “entry point” into the physical layer (aka “Bootstrap”)—has been finalized and approved, and is posted on the ATSC web site.