ATSC 3.0 to become new broadcasting standard in the DR (4K UHDTV)

[PICHARDO]

The DR is undergoing full implementation of the ATSC 3.0 system in the country, with the aim of pushing broadcasters in the country to adopt the newer TV standard.

The ATSC 3.0 system will be deployed to support video with a resolution of 3840?2160 at 60 fps (4K UHDTV).

The US standards body will assist the DR gov in the switch to the 3.0 standard so that it's done flawlessly.

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US to help Dominican Republic in DTT deployment


Wednesday 8 June 2016 | 15:31 CET | News
Advanced Television Systems (ATSC) chairman Mark S. Richer announced that the US standards body is prepared to provide technical and logistical support to the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) and Dominican operators for the implementation of the American digital TV standard in the country. The ATSC would be willing to send technical personnel to the Dominican Republic to guide and train providers on the implementation of the new 3.0 version of the ATSC digital standard.

Richer described the ATSC 3.0 system as "completely new and revolutionary". The standard won't be compatible with earlier versions, but it will provide higher quality audio and video (UHDTV) and open the way for new services and applications to add value to broadcasting services.

http://www.telecompaper.com/news/us-to-help-dominican-republic-in-dtt-deployment--1147517

 

[Mauricio]

I haven't watched cable for a loooooong time in DR.

 

[PICHARDO]

http://indotel.gob.do/atsc-de-eeuu-...para-implementar-la-television-digital-en-rd/

 

[ramesses]

So they are going to steal a better quality signal?

 

[Koreano]

But does DR TV stations have equipment to broadcast even in 720p?
Whenever I pass through earlier channels of my Claro cable are worse then old public broadcasts.

 

[PICHARDO]

But does DR TV stations have equipment to broadcast even in 720p?
Whenever I pass through earlier channels of my Claro cable are worse then old public broadcasts.

They asked Indotel for a delayed date for compliance, they got it until 2021.
That's to say the compliance to broadcast HD, not so for digital broadcasting.

Indotel will allow normal competition between broadcasters. thats to say that once the first broadcaster starts to deliver HD or UHD contents to viewers, the others will not fall back.

I know one company already imported their 4K equipment into the country.
The whole enchilada...

 

[windeguy]

When will the price of TV's in the DR fall in line with the rest of the world?

 

[Cdn_Gringo]

...about the time the rest of the world adopts holographic projectors is my guess.

 

[windeguy]

By the way. ATSC 3.0 is not even a fully developed standard. It would be folly to purchase equipment for a standard that is not even complete.

http://atsc.org/newsletter/atsc-3-0-where-we-stand/

Although work is already underway to enhance the existing ATSC TV system with Internet compatibility and caching capability for storing programs (a backwards-compatible suite of enhancements dubbed ?ATSC 2.0?), the future needs of viewers and broadcasters is the focus of the ATSC 3.0 initiative. Technologies developed for ATSC 2.0 are expected to be supported in the new ATSC 3.0 system.

Because ATSC 3.0 is likely to be incompatible with current broadcast systems, it must provide improvements in performance, functionality, and efficiency significant enough to warrant implementation of a non-backwards-compatible system.

http://atsc.org/newsletter/atsc-3-0-what-will-the-standard-look-like/

 

[windeguy]

ATSC 3.0 also has standards for IPTV, which people are saying will completely replace cable TV within 5 years. I have been using IPTV for over a year.

 

[ramesses]

ATSC 3.0 is likely to be incompatible with current broadcast systems

http://atsc.org/newsletter/atsc-3-0-where-we-stand/

How is this going to work in the DR?

 

[windeguy]

http://atsc.org/newsletter/atsc-3-0-where-we-stand/

How is this going to work in the DR?

Only time will tell. Probably badly just like most services now.

 

[greydread]

The vote in 2017 will also make Ultra HD/ 4K the OTA broadcast standard in the USA and similar measures are being taken worldwide. Coming from the world of PAL/SECAM/NTSC where standard conversion was necessary when transferring media between different countries with different standards was a gigantic PITA.

Not only will Ultra HD/ 4K provide a universal standard, it will offer a much higher resolution (2160p) in comparison to the current highest HD resolution (1080p) and provide computer monitor and handheld device screens with 3840 pixels wide by 2160 pixels tall (8.29 megapixels), which is four times as many pixels as 1920x1080 (2.07 megapixels). Thanks to a superior compression algorithm the UHD channels will require less bandwidth to deliver this superior product. This will be a welcome change as it is implemented and everyone who watches a down converted signal (UHD to 480p/720p/1080i/1080p) will understand what they're missing in terms of quality when they see the same signal on a 4K receiver.

This is a big deal for OTA and streaming content providers, not so much for cable. Cable is dying a slow, certain death. It will never go away altogether but cable will assume an ever smaller slice of the viewer pie as streaming applications grow exponentially. Today's younger generation would much rather watch their content on their hand held devices at their leisure than sit in front of a television waiting for content to be pushed at them. Video over IP makes "on demand" viewing easy.

 

[PICHARDO]

By the way. ATSC 3.0 is not even a fully developed standard. It would be folly to purchase equipment for a standard that is not even complete.

http://atsc.org/newsletter/atsc-3-0-where-we-stand/

Although work is already underway to enhance the existing ATSC TV system with Internet compatibility and caching capability for storing programs (a backwards-compatible suite of enhancements dubbed ?ATSC 2.0?), the future needs of viewers and broadcasters is the focus of the ATSC 3.0 initiative. Technologies developed for ATSC 2.0 are expected to be supported in the new ATSC 3.0 system.

Because ATSC 3.0 is likely to be incompatible with current broadcast systems, it must provide improvements in performance, functionality, and efficiency significant enough to warrant implementation of a non-backwards-compatible system.

http://atsc.org/newsletter/atsc-3-0-what-will-the-standard-look-like/

The DR currently doesn't mandate HDTV OTA at this time, so switching to the mentioned standard will take place as a new format which replaces none and therefore needs not meet compatibility with earlier formats.

HDTV took the road of the video CDs and music CDs. It took far too long to warm-up the public to early adoption, but now it's dead on the feet of 4K.

Instant membership or PPV will replace all present formats of watching movies or even live tv.

The ad industry has seen the writing on the wall and that's why we now see so much product placing on stream tv and movies.

It's only logical for the DR to adopt the newest format instead of the present or older ones already dated.

HDTV is dead, just waiting on the wings to make way for OTA 4K streaming.