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NEXTGEN TV Launches On Four Major Television Stations In Salt Lake City

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Tuesday, June 30, 2020
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SALT LAKE CITY, June 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Four of Salt Lake City's leading local television stations KUTV (CBS), KTVX (ABC), KUCW (CW) and KJZZ-TV (Ind),today became among the first in the nation to begin broadcasting with NEXTGEN TV, a revolutionary new digital broadcast technology.

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  • SALT LAKE CITY, June 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Four of Salt Lake City's leading local television stations KUTV (CBS), KTVX (ABC), KUCW (CW) and KJZZ-TV (Ind),today became among the first in the nation to begin broadcasting with NEXTGEN TV, a revolutionary new digital broadcast technology.
  • The Salt Lake City launch is one of the first in the country for NEXTGEN TV and follows a decade of development of the new technology anda year of planning and preparation by the local stations.
  • The participating stations have cooperated to ensure that current programming remains available to all Salt Lake City viewers, regardless of whether they receive their television service by antenna, cable, or satellite.
  • "Bringing NEXTGEN TV to Nexstar's Salt Lake City television stations enables us to continue moving forward with the roll-out of NEXTGEN TV across our 114 markets," said Brett Jenkins, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Nexstar.