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LPTV ROCKS THE 2017 NAB SHOW WITH NEXTGEN TESTS
NOT MANY OF THE ESTIMATED 100,000 ATTENDEES KNEW THAT THE OFFICIAL NEXTGEN 3.0 OTA FEED CAME FROM AN LPTV STATION IN LAS VEGAS





SOMEBODY FORGOT TO PUT THE "LD", SO IT SHOULD HAVE READ KLSV-LD
WHICH IS A UHF CHANNEL 50...THEY DISPLACE YOU IN THE AUCTION, BUT WE STILL ARE KEY TO PROVIDING THE NEXTGEN EXPERIENCE AT THE SHOW!




MEANWHILE, CLASS-A SUPERCLUSTER WATCH-TV FROM PORTLAND OREGON BROUGHT ALONG ITS ATSC 3.0 EXPERIMENTAL TEST RESULTS AND RECEIVING TEST RIG FOR SHOWING IN THEIR SUITE




CONTACT WATCH-TV FOR MORE DETAILS


AND SUNDAY NIGHT THE COALITION'S 
REPACK RALLY TOOK PLACE

HERE IS THE DIGITAL EDITION 
OF THE COALITION'S 2017 SHOWBOOK




AND HERE ARE SOME PIX OF THE RALLY



SOME WANTED ME TO RANT AND PRESENT, BUT THE ENERGY WAS FLOWING WITH THE VENDORS, SPONSORS, AND LICENSEES, SO I CUT BACK ON PRESENTING.  WE ALSO DID NOT WANT TO OFFEND OUR FCC GUESTS WITH A LOT OF "LOCK THEM UP" CHANTS...JUST JOKING FOLKS, BUT THE SHOWBOOK AND EXHIBITS SAID MORE THAN I EVER COULD IN A SHORT TIME.  THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM MANY LICENSEES AND VENDORS THAT THEY REALLY LIKED HAVING PLENTY OF TIME TO NETWORK WITH EACH OTHER.




and a special thanks to the FCC's Media  Bureau, the Office of Engineering & Technology, and the Auction Task Force for providing staff to answer questions from the industry, it was much appreciated, and they survived the event...


CHECK OUT AMY BROWN'S  FACEBOOK LIVE POST  FROM THE EVENT
A TOTAL WALKTHROUGH


AND HERE ARE THE THREE BIG 8 X 10' EXHIBIT WALLS WHICH WE CREATED







and we would like to thank the NextGen ATSC 3.0 hardware, software, and new service groups we invited to exhibit and share with the attendees


         UNISOFT                                               TRIVENI DIGITAL

   
AWARN                                                   OPENZNET



and a special thanks to our 2017
vendor sponsors, and member sponsors






AND THEN ON MONDAY  COALITION DIRECTOR MIKE GRAVINO WAS INTERVIEWED ON THE GLOBAL NAB SHOW - M.E.T. LIVE 360  SPONSORED BY NEULION






AND A HECK OF A LOT OF NEWS ALSO HAPPENED THIS WEEK, SO WE WILL CATCH UP ON IT IN A WEEKEND EDITION LATER FRIDAY...





LICENSEES AND PERMITTEES



If you would like to be part of our collective effort to make sure LPTV and TV translators are treated fairly in the Incentive Auction and channel repacking JOIN US today!


Mike Gravino
Director
LPTV Spectrum Rights Coalition
(202) 604-0747
lptvcoalition@gmail.com
http://www.lptvcoalition.com