Anyone actually building a 3rd party chip for it besides the TV manufacturers? If so, when will usb or network tuners be available?
Will broadcast EPG be improved over ATSC-1?
People usually use some other EPG provider because of limitations to the broadcast EPG. Those limitations in my experience are inconsistency and lack of lead time. However, a benefit of broadcast EPG is that they're supposed to enable a recorder to automatically adjust recording time for sudden schedule changes e.g. a sporting event goes longer than originally planned.
What are their actual expectations for adoption? What sort of timeline do they actually expand atsc-3 to be the norm?
I'd like to know his best guess as to the timeline for availability of ATSC 3.0 signals. (That's really more of a business question than a technical one, so he may not really know as a developer.) It's widely expected that the standard will be finalized and the FCC will give the go-ahead for voluntary adoption of commercial broadcasts in ATSC 3.0 late this year. I'm wondering how widespread those signals will be (if at all) in 2018, 2019, 2020, etc.
I also wonder to what extent broadcasters will carry UHD (4K) content on their ATSC 3.0 signals (which is being touted as one of the biggest improvements of the new standard) as opposed to carrying a greater number of HD subchannels. (Again, that's a business, not a technical Q, but any educated projections would be worth reading.)
Hmm maybe What is the ATSC-3 standard?
I'd ask about the "interactive" features. The idea that ATSC3 enables the device to turn itself on in the middle of the night to blare out useless emergency warnings gives me pause. Will it also enable Pop up ads and graphics?
Is ATSC3 being designed to keep FCC bureaucrats and broadcast tv station managers happy, or is it designed around the end user experience first and foremost?