BALTIMORE — Mark your calendars: Sinclair Inc.’s ONE Media Technologies arm championing the adoption and proliferation of ATSC 3.0 digital broadcast television will host its annual ATSC 3.0 NextGen TV Interoperability Event next week.
The in-person event, scheduled from June 23-26, 2026, brings together receiver manufacturers, technology partners, broadcasters, and “industry stakeholders” to test and validate interoperability across a broad range of NextGen TV services and applications.
The event will also provide participants with access to live over-the-air ATSC 3.0 broadcasts in the Baltimore market, as well as a variety of interoperability and performance testing scenarios designed to support continued advancement of the NextGen TV ecosystem.
Areas of focus will include:
- Broadcaster Application interoperability, including Run3 TV Framework testing and Advanced Emergency Information (AEI) functionality
- Digital Rights Management (DRM) and signal signing validation across DASH and MMT environments
- Signaling enhancements, including new service categories, broadband signaling servers, dynamic service changes, and RSAT implementation
- Hybrid broadcast and broadband service delivery
- Physical layer performance, including dynamic ModCod changes, Layered Division Multiplexing (LDM), and Broadcast Positioning System (BPS) testing
- Dynamic Ad Insertion (DAI) implementation and A/344 API testing
- MIMO backward-compatible configurations
- App-based services including ROXi and GameLoop
- Testing of the Broadcast-Enabled Streaming TV (BEST) channel and live Baltimore ATSC 3.0 OTA signals
“The continued success of NextGen TV relies on interoperability across devices, networks, and services,” said Mark Aitken, Senior Vice President of Advanced Technology at Sinclair Broadcast Group and President of ONE Media Technologies. “Our annual event provides an important opportunity for industry participants to collaborate, validate implementations, and accelerate innovation across the ATSC 3.0 ecosystem.”
