Silicondust LPTV

[allen98311]

Seattle would be cool, but there are a lot of stations already.

[nickk]

Our pending Wichita KS license poses an interesting problem... do we ATSC 1.0 or ATSC 3.0?

[Cabal]

Our pending Wichita KS license poses an interesting problem... do we ATSC 1.0 or ATSC 3.0?

Is that set in stone as part of the paperwork, or can you change with sufficient notice? Despite the long-term uncertainty of 3.0, there certainly aren't many 3.0 LPTV stations around.

[nickk]

Our pending Wichita KS license poses an interesting problem... do we ATSC 1.0 or ATSC 3.0?

Is that set in stone as part of the paperwork, or can you change with sufficient notice? Despite the long-term uncertainty of 3.0, there certainly aren't many 3.0 LPTV stations around.

It requires filing paperwork but we can switch the station between the two standards.

[howardc1243]

Our pending Wichita KS license poses an interesting problem... do we ATSC 1.0 or ATSC 3.0?

Is that set in stone as part of the paperwork, or can you change with sufficient notice? Despite the long-term uncertainty of 3.0, there certainly aren't many 3.0 LPTV stations around.

It requires filing paperwork but we can switch the station between the two standards.

oh nickk, if you don't use DRM you can avoid having to deal with that crappy a3sa.

[MeaningAmbitious]

Please consider applying for a LPTV station in the Upper Valley of Vermont and New Hampshire. It is in the Burlington Vermont DMA Market. The Upper Valley area has plenty of unused RF per the FCC website calculator. At a minimum your contour would likely cover 220 thousand people and go over an Ivy League school and many towns and some cities. The sweet spot to broadcast would be on Mount Ascutney in Vermont and possibly rent tower space from Vermont PBS on that mountain or another tower located up there. Another spot you could broadcast from is Green Mountain in Claremont NH.

There is a lot of interest with people in the upper valley in using a TV antenna and I’ve been promoting the HD Homerun devices to people to use. Currently most upper valley residents can receive 17 stations OTA but VT PBS is expected to add 2 more channels and a new station in Springfield VT is expected to add 6 new stations so we are expected to receive 25 stations here. If you applied for a LPTV station here you could promote your products and broadcast a TV signal increasing the channel count here which in turn would interest more people to use a TV Antenna and possibly get more people to use your devices. Plus this would be beneficial for a underserved area of the Burlington VT DMA market.

[nickk]

We just filed another 7 LPTV applications...

• Springfield, Missouri, Channel 8

• Lafayette, Louisiana, Channel 33

• Chattanooga, Tennessee, Channel 7

• Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Channel 26

• Davenport, Iowa, Channel 18

• Columbia, Missouri, Channel 31

• Omaha, Nebraska, Channel 28

[Dxcv]

• Omaha, Nebraska, Channel 28

Looking forward to trying to receive this station from Lincoln once it goes live.

[Cabal]

Will y'all be spending any time testing the various encoder options (hardware, software) available out there? I'm always amazed at how bad a 2 or 3 Mbps OTA channel can look.

[theseer2]

what will you be showing? Excerpts from BluSky?

[howardc1243]

We just filed another 7 LPTV applications...

• Springfield, Missouri, Channel 8

• Lafayette, Louisiana, Channel 33

• Chattanooga, Tennessee, Channel 7

• Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Channel 26

• Davenport, Iowa, Channel 18

• Columbia, Missouri, Channel 31

• Omaha, Nebraska, Channel 28

is there a website to load to see what states silicondust LPTV is in like lptv.silicondust.com?

[nickk]

is there a website to load to see what states silicondust LPTV is in like lptv.silicondust.com?

I am working on updating the FCC list, link at the top of our home page.

Rabbit Ears is fantastic for the complete list:
https://www.rabbitears.info/oddsandends ... &filedate=

[Elmofx09]

Well Since KWHD-LD and KLHD-LD is now licensed,Why not I give those stations Logos

I made those in turbowarp. what do you think of my logo ideas also sorry if the images are big

[CLorox]

Our pending Wichita KS license poses an interesting problem... do we ATSC 1.0 or ATSC 3.0?

100% ATSC 3.0. Sane voices are needed inside the ATSC 3.0. You can also advertise / distinguish yourself as the real true free voice in ATSC 3 broadcasting to shame the other stations that have DRM enabled.

[danieljlevine]

Perhaps you could earn revenue by showing off “advanced” ATSC 3.0 capabilities. Maybe Dolby would pay for you to broadcast ATMOS and DV demos. Maybe studios would pay for movie trailers using those capabilities could be shown. Then users could see the future on their hardware. Maybe interactive content as well could be shown eventually.