In the ATSC 3.0 era, datacasting and broadcast internet could prove to be more lucrative opportunities for TV station licensees than the much ballyhooed NEXTGEN TV promise of better sound and improved picture quality — if the studies showing an irreversible shift to streaming from linear media are true.
This could explain why Edge Spectrum invested in developing a nationwide network of UHF television stations as the infrastructure behind what it envisioned as a new multicast content distribution platform.
Now, Edge Spectrum is divesting three properties. The buyer is a privately held TV station owner which enjoys shared services agreements with five different companies for some of the stations it doesn’t operate itself.
