TUSCON—Six stations have launched NextGen TV, aka ATSC 3.0 broadcasts in the Tucson, Ariz., area.
The six stations are: NBCUniversal Local’s KHRR-TV / Telemundo 40 (channel 40.1); Allen Media Broadcasting’s KVOA-TV / NBC (channel 4.1); Gray Television’s KOLD-TV / CBS (channel 13.1); KUAT-TV / PBS (channel 6.1); Scripps KGUN-TV / ABC (channel 9.1); and Tegna’s KMSB-TV / FOX (channel 11.1).
The Tucson host station for the NextGen TV broadcasts is the Telemundo station KHRR-TV.
“In addition to delivering enhanced audio and video, NextGen TV enables personalized, customized and interactive experiences to be integrated into over-the-air television for the first time, which NBC and Telemundo stations began launching across the nation last month,” said Clarence Hau, senior vice president, standards, policy & emerging technology for NBCUniversal. “These innovative features, which include the ability to restart a program when joined in progress, are now available on NBCUniversal Local’s Telemundo stations in Arizona.”
TV Tech has been tracking all of the launches of NextGen TV broadcasts, which provide broadcasters with the opportunity to provide many advanced features like HDR video, interactive content, datacasting and other services.
Our list of markets where the broadcasts are available is hereand our full coverage is available here.
