One of the other benefits of ATSC 3 coming to KJZZ
Apr 16, 2024 3:15:00 GMT -6
Post by CAwasinNJ on Apr 16, 2024 3:15:00 GMT -6
The owner of KJZZ (Sinclair Broadcasting) has announced that they're going to be implementing datacasting at their ATSC 3 stations nationwide.
sbgi.net/sinclair-launches-broadspan-datacasting-platform/
The bottom line is that instead of having the same data sent individually to many different devices (for example, software updates to cars), it can be sent once and have all of those devices receive it at the same time. It's far more efficient.
I like the idea in theory. The thing that I'm worried about is giving too much bandwidth to these datacasting services and having the quality of the video services suffer. We've seen that all too clearly with the existing ATSC 1 stations. So many video signals are crammed into the available spectrum that the quality is degraded to the point of unwatchability.
sbgi.net/sinclair-launches-broadspan-datacasting-platform/
The bottom line is that instead of having the same data sent individually to many different devices (for example, software updates to cars), it can be sent once and have all of those devices receive it at the same time. It's far more efficient.
I like the idea in theory. The thing that I'm worried about is giving too much bandwidth to these datacasting services and having the quality of the video services suffer. We've seen that all too clearly with the existing ATSC 1 stations. So many video signals are crammed into the available spectrum that the quality is degraded to the point of unwatchability.
