Scripps (Surprisingly) Puts ATSC 3.0 on the Back Burner With Its New Tablo OTA DVR ... But Grant Hall, the Exec Behind the Gadget, Says NextGen TV Is Still Part of the Longer-Term Plan

Scripps' Tablo OTA DVR

To quote actress Noomi Repace in director Ridley Scott's highly under-rated 2012 Alien prequel Prometheus: "We were wrong. We were so wrong." 

In March, The Verge stumbled onto an E.W. Scripps Company 10-Q SEC filing, indicating that the broadcaster had, 13 months earlier, for $13.8 million oh-so-quietly acquired Ottawa-based tech company Nuvyyo, maker of the niche-popular Tablo over-the-air DVR.