@TabloTV @TabloSupport With the NAB Petition of February 26, 2025 requesting the sunsetting of ATSC 1.0 in 55 markets by 2028, what is Tablo’s position on this? Will my Gen 4 Tablo be rendered useless? My Legacy Tablo is still functioning well and I was anticipating similar longevity with Gen 4 but a mandated sunset of ATSC 1.0 would make the device useless except for the remaining FAST channels.
Will Tablo be releasing an ATSC 3.0 device prior to this if the FCC agrees to the mandate?
Relax.
There are a lot of unanswered questions, including whether the FCC will approve the NAB’s requested sunset date for 1.0.
A lot may happen over the next three years, or nothing may happen, as has been the case during the past 12 months.
I’m looking specifically for Tablo to comment as they are owned by E.W. Scripps and, as the owners of 61 television stations in 41 markets, they are presumably members of NAB and as such are part of the petitioners for the proposed mandate. Unless, of course, they aren’t part of NAB or NAB acted without their support.
I assume you have checked to see which of the big 4 networks, plus PBS, broadcast ATSC 3.0 in you DMA. And of those which have DRM enabled. If you are looking for a network DVR, A3SA doesn’t have an approved network solution. And the only solution A3SA has proposed is widevine which only works for android STB’s. Call me there is a A3SA network solution that works on all the major STB’s.
Actually, other set tops are adopting widevine outside the Android system. I think broadcasters and their evil intent at destroying OTA is stupid… but here we are.
IMHO, all this is going to blow up in a big way, possibly ending in the complete destruction of OTA entirely. We will see.
Are you talking about products that connected to TV’s via HDMI? Other then TV embedded tuners and a few HDMI products what else is A3SA certified.
Roku for example.
Roku has widevine but ask other network ATSC 3.0 product manufacturers if they think they can get the current A3SA standard to work via brightscript.
Unknown. Again, this all a complete and total mess. I view the everyone behind NextgenTV/NAB as being an OTA terrorist. They could have “had it all”, but for whatever reason, they’d rather “burn it all” if they can’t exploit (own) the consumer. Idiots.
This is the last I have seen on this topic:
Also found this more recent article:
The NAB piece is FUD produced by the insane. Not sure of the purpose.
However, again, if “the plan” is to destroy OTA entirely… maybe it’s not FUD. I did say “insane”.
Blockquote They could have “had it all”, but for whatever reason, they’d rather “burn it all” if they can’t exploit (own) the consumer. Idiots.
Well, I’m not sure about the burn it all down. However Scripps did pull Scrips News off of OTA and moved it to streaming only. https://www.scrippsnews.com/business/company-news/scripps-news-to-focus-on-streaming-while-ending-over-the-air-broadcast#:~:text=Scripps%20Company%20to%20remove%20Scripps,reporting%20from%20around%20the%20world.
With NBC offering Peacock, ABC owning Hulu & buying Fubo, CBS owning Paramount+, The CW offers a free streaming app, and PBS offers a free live streaming option on their app, do networks really need to invest in local networks and even offer over-the-air at all? About the last thing is sports, which is increasingly on streaming as well.
I think the answer to this is pretty clear. If ATSC 1.0 is indeed sunset by 2028, the answer is yes because the Gen 4 is a ATSC 1.0 device.
Being in the I.T. realm for close to 20 years. I’m used to having products go EOL (End Of Life) and it happens often. Heck the smart phone is doing this way quicker than I.T. related hardware.
If my $99 device goes EOL in 2028, I got my money’s worth. As of now, my market is broadcasting 1.0 and 3.
Agreed. Nothing last forever. Between the Tablo, antenna, and an external harddrive, I am in for about $450.00. Even taking those expenses into consideration, after about eight months with my Tablo, I am ahead more than $800.00 having cancelled DirecTV. Yes, I want to get many years out of it, but if it blows up tomorrow I have still come out ahead.
Hi @MonkeyMom,
Before the transition is complete, our goal is to deliver an ATSC 3.0-compliant product with the same whole-home, network-connected approach that consumers have come to expect from the Tablo brand. The timeline of this new rule proposal, which includes specific ‘nightlight’ provisions to ensure no consumers are left behind, is still several years away. In the meantime, we hope that further collaboration between streaming and mobile device manufacturers and the ATSC 3.0 standards body will pave the way towards making that goal possible.
@TabloTV What is the status on your ATSC 3.0 product? This is something Tablo has been discussing for several years now.
I agree with your statement. I paid $119 for the DVR + antenna (shouldn’t have bothered with the included antenna). If it is obsolete in 2028, I’ve more than made my money back.
FYI, my state (Idaho) doesn’t even have any ATSC 3.0 stations yet so it’s now an immediate concern.
It wouldn’t be just tablo effected. Plenty of TVs currently in use do not support ATSC 3.0