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