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Free TV Will Have 4K Content in a Couple Years

posted by martyb on Monday May 29 2017, @03:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the Looks-Better==Is-Better? dept.

mcgrew writes:

Consumer Reports is running an article titled Free Over-the-Air TV Is Going to Get Better. They're rolling out a new standard, ATSC 3.0.

According to the article, you'll be able to watch OTA (over the air) TV on your phone or tablet! I wrote an article a few years back wondering why you couldn't already.

It's a fairly long and very informative article, but very much worth a read. It only talks about American broadcasts, no word about when or if it will reach other countries, but my guess is it won't be long.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 29 2017, @03:44PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 29 2017, @03:44PM (#517177)

    "wondering why you couldn't already"

    Answer: Money. Same reason most phones don't get free radio despite having FM tuners (although that's getting better, slowly).

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 29 2017, @03:49PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 29 2017, @03:49PM (#517181)

    I don't understand your "money" reason.

    • (Score: 5, Informative) by AthanasiusKircher on Monday May 29 2017, @03:56PM (1 child)

      by AthanasiusKircher (5291) on Monday May 29 2017, @03:56PM (#517183) Journal

      Mobile companies make money from charging for mobile data [npr.org] and hence frequently turn off things like FM tuners in devices. If you allow people to catch OTA broadcasts for free, the mobile companies lose out on data revenue.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 29 2017, @06:56PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 29 2017, @06:56PM (#517269)

        ATSC 3.0 has special sauce in it that makes mobile reception (as in receiving while moving) work better.