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Major Broadcasters Launch NEXTGEN TV on Seven Local Television Stations in Wichita-Hutchinson

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Wednesday, October 26, 2022

The leading television stations serving the Wichita-Hutchinson market yesterday began broadcasting with NEXTGEN TV, a revolutionary new digital broadcast technology.

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  • The leading television stations serving the Wichita-Hutchinson market yesterday began broadcasting with NEXTGEN TV, a revolutionary new digital broadcast technology.
  • Features available on NEXTGEN TV will vary by device and station as broadcasters roll out service across the country.
  • Shoppers should look for the NEXTGEN TV logo to be sure a TV or device is compatible with ATSC 3.0 signals.
  • Those stations are broadcasting their own programming, as well as the programming of the other participating stations, in NEXTGEN TV format.

Major Broadcasters Launch NEXTGEN TV on Four Local Television Stations in San Antonio

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Friday, June 17, 2022

Four television stations serving the San Antonio market yesterday began broadcasting with NEXTGEN TV, a revolutionary new digital broadcast technology.

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  • Four television stations serving the San Antonio market yesterday began broadcasting with NEXTGEN TV, a revolutionary new digital broadcast technology.
  • NEXTGEN TV adds a new dimension to TV viewing, with vibrant video and new Voice+ dialogue enhancement that brings voices to the foreground.
  • Yesterdays launch in San Antonio follows a decade of development and months of planning and preparation by the local stations.
  • San Antonio viewers can learn more about NEXTGEN TV by visiting www.WatchNextGenTV.com , which offers a guide listing cities currently carrying the service, as well as links to available NEXTGEN TV set models.

ViacomCBS Partners with CommScope to Lead Industry Content Distribution Migration from Satellite to CDN IP

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Thursday, January 13, 2022

CommScope (NASDAQ: COMM) and ViacomCBS (NASDAQ: VIAC) announced today that ViacomCBS launched FAVE and migrated its DABL and select SHOWTIME linear channels from satellite to Content Delivery Network (CDN) IP distribution using the CommScope DigiCipher Streaming system.

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  • CommScope (NASDAQ: COMM) and ViacomCBS (NASDAQ: VIAC) announced today that ViacomCBS launched FAVE and migrated its DABL and select SHOWTIME linear channels from satellite to Content Delivery Network (CDN) IP distribution using the CommScope DigiCipher Streaming system.
  • The migration represents the first ViacomCBS services to be fully transitioned from satellite to CDN IPleveraging existing CDN IP infrastructure for service distribution to CBS broadcast stations, DABL affiliates, and Showtime MVPDs throughout their US footprint instead of traditional satellite delivery.
  • This creates an imperative for programmers to plan their eventual migration from satellite to CDN content distribution, said Ric Johnsen, senior vice president and segment leader, Broadband Networks, CommScope.
  • Our DigiCipher Streaming system offers programmers like ViacomCBS a low-risk migration path that leverages their existing Integrated Receiver Decoders (IRDs) in the migration from satellite to CDN IP input, enables new distribution efficiencies, and eliminates service interruption.