Courtesy of Digital TV Europe.
While delays and uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 virus seem likely to set back implementation timelines set before the crisis erupted, getting all the stars aligned to ensure that ATSC 3.0 is adopted at scale has never been simple.
While major broadcast groups support the standard and are agreeing to collaborate to ensure its successful rollout, adoption of the technology is voluntary rather than mandatory, which means that there is no national switch-off deadline for the transmissions based on the existing ATSC 1.0 specification.
