STRAMFORD, Conn.—XGen Network (XGN), a tech startup focused on the emerging 5G Broadcast protocol, has filed for two new experimental 5G Broadcast licenses with the FCC. The company is working with two Connecticut low power stations—WTXX-LD, Channel 29, owned by HC2 in Hartford, and EGOT Media’s WYJH-LD, Channel 27 in Danbury—to join Milachi Media's WWOO-LD in Boston for XGN's "Phase Two Proof of Concept for 5G Broadcasting," which it plans to start by March 2024.
The move follows XGN’s launch of experimental 5G Broadcasts on WWOO, an LPTV in Westmoreland, N.H., targeting the Boston DMA last September. At that time, the company, in association with the LPTV Broadcasters Association, demonstrated its proof of concept in Phase 1 by showing 5G Broadcasts received via smart phones and set top boxes in Boston. XGN says the station has been operating in 5G Broadcasting protocol almost continuously since, with no technical issues or complaints. The LPTVBA further demonstrated 5G Broadcasting to various bureaus and commissioners at the FCC in early November.
