Tucson TV stations launches NEXTGEN TV service
May 29, 2024
US audiences in the Tucson, Arizona, area can now experience the future of broadcast television as six stations launch NEXTGEN TV.
NEXTGEN TV utilises the internet and digital applications powered by the ATSC 3.0 broadcast standard to present viewers with more news and entertainment choices, while providing broadcasters with a more compelling and interactive way to deliver their content.
Tucson viewers can now access six channels over-the-air for free with NEXTGEN TV: NBCUniversal Local’s KHRR-TV / Telemundo 40 (channel 40.1); KVOA-TV / NBC (channel 4.1); KOLD-TV / CBS (channel 13.1); KUAT-TV / PBS (channel 6.1); KGUN-TV / ABC (channel 9.1); and KMSB-TV / FOX (channel 11.1). Local viewers can easily tune to each station for information about accessing NEXTGEN TV locally, rescanning information, and how to purchase the right television set to receive NEXTGEN TV.
“In addition to delivering enhanced audio and video, NEXTGEN TV enables personalised, customised and interactive experiences to be integrated into over-the-air television for the first time, which NBC and Telemundo stations began launching across the nation last month,” said Clarence Hau, Senior Vice President, Standards, Policy & Emerging Technology for NBCUniversal. “These innovative features, which include the ability to restart a programme when joined in progress, are now available on NBCUniversal Local’s Telemundo stations in Arizona.”
NEXTGEN TV, a free, over-the-air service, is the first major overhaul to the Advanced Television Systems Committee’s standard for receiving over-the-air signals in 25 years. Now broadcasting in more than 75 markets, NEXTGEN TV currently reaches 75 per cent of US television households.