CTA Warns of ATSC 3.0 ‘Chaos’ Without Modulation Standard

Says FCC needs to get ‘physical’ with A/322

Author:: Broadcasting & Cable
Publish date:: Oct 20, 2017
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WASHINGTON—There could be “chaos in the marketplace” and possible consumer rejection of the next-gen TV transmission standard according to the Consumer Technology Association if the FCC doesn’t provide regulatory certainty about how these signals will be delivered, specifically the modulation standard for the A/322 physical layer protocol.

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