SINCLAIR BROADCAST, NEXSTAR, UNIVISION AND AMERICAN TOWER PARTNER ON ATSC 3.0 (NEXT GEN TV) SINGLE FREQUENCY NETWORK DEPLOYMENT IN DALLAS MARKET
BOSTON, MA and BALTIMORE, MD – January 17, 2018 – Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) (“Sinclair”), Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST) (“Nexstar”), and Univision Local Media, Inc. (“Univision”) have reached an agreement with the leading wireless and broadcast infrastructure provider, American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT) (“American Tower”) to jointly construct and operate Single Frequency Network (SFN) sites to broadcast Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 signals within the Dallas Designated Market Area (DMA), as a first step toward a national launch. The SFN will allow for the testing, validation and deployment of advanced next generation broadcast services, which will provide many benefits to consumers, including dramatically improved over-the-air reception, immersive audio, deep-indoor reception, mobile reception, zoned programming/advertising, automotive services and advanced emergency alerting, among others.
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Sinclair Broadcast, Nexstar, Univision and American Tower Partner on ATSC 3.0 (Next Gen TV) Single Frequency Network Deployment in Dallas Market
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