Gray Media, Inc. has joined forces with The E.W. Scripps Company, Nexstar Media Group, Inc., and Sinclair, Inc. to form EdgeBeam Wireless, LLC. This new joint venture aims to provide robust wireless data transmission services to a diverse range of businesses and industries across the United States, leveraging the advanced ATSC 3.0 transmission standard.
EdgeBeam Wireless will utilize the broadcasters’ existing ATSC 3.0 facilities to deliver expansive, reliable, and secure data. This approach offers a cost-effective solution that complements current wireless technologies, with immediate applications for industries requiring real-time data delivery to multiple customers. Potential uses include data transmission to cars, trucks, drones, marine vessels, phones, tablets, and television sets.
Hilton Howell, Gray Media’s Executive Chairman and CEO, expressed enthusiasm for expanding the user base for broadcast signals to new business categories and encouraging wider deployment of receiver chips. This partnership creates a national spectrum footprint, unlocking the potential of ATSC 3.0 for nationwide data delivery and potentially offering a complementary backup to existing GPS capabilities.
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