The governing body for television standards in the US is the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), an international, non-profit organization developing voluntary standards for digital television. On Friday, the ATSC approved a policy that would allow TV stations to “provide new compelling services to consumers utilizing a wide array of wireless receiving devices including mobile phones, small handheld DTVs, laptop computers and in-vehicle entertainment systems,” most of important of which is the live streaming of shows.
The policy, A/ 153 ATSC Mobile DTV Standard, could open up the existing airwaves for local TV stations to broadcast directly to mobile devices — including the iPhone, sans third-party apps . As of now, live TV streaming on the iPhone is limited – strictly – to Wi-Fi connections, and even that is a bit iffy these days.
Rob Pegoraro, of the Washington Post, attended a demonstration of “mobile ATSC” and said that “mobile digital-TV broadcasting [is] something you should see in products sometime next year.”
The policy, A/ 153 ATSC Mobile DTV Standard, could open up the existing airwaves for local TV stations to broadcast directly to mobile devices — including the iPhone, sans third-party apps . As of now, live TV streaming on the iPhone is limited – strictly – to Wi-Fi connections, and even that is a bit iffy these days.
Rob Pegoraro, of the Washington Post, attended a demonstration of “mobile ATSC” and said that “mobile digital-TV broadcasting [is] something you should see in products sometime next year.”
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