HUNT VALLEY, Md., Sept. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Interactive
TV Today has presented Sinclair Broadcast Group (Nasdaq:
SBGI) with its prestigious Award for Achievement in Local
Broadcasting, part of the TV of Tomorrow annual awards for
leadership in interactive and multiplatform television. This
award distinguishes Sinclair Broadcast Group as the company that
has demonstrated the greatest achievement in local broadcasting
this past year. Specifically, this honor recognizes the work of
Sinclair's wholly-owned subsidiary, ONE Media 3.0, as the broadcast
industry's vanguard in advancing NextGen TV on multiple levels from
research and development to deployment.
Out of its many achievements, this award recognizes ONE Media
3.0's long list of successes including: the station and market
deployment of the NextGen TV standard; development of the Core
platform to exploit data delivery; single frequency network
advancements; reception services and development of the Broadcast
App; and implementation of Advanced Emergency Alerting and
Informing. The award also notes ONE Media 3.0's reception service
work including chip and phone designs and development of the micro
broadcast Radio Head, as well as pioneering advancements in
platform convergence of broadcast and broadband services managed in
the cloud.
Rob Weisbord, Sinclair's
President of Broadcast said, "The TV of Tomorrow annual awards are
incredibly prestigious within the broadcast and television
industry, and we are honored to be recognized by the TV of Tomorrow
community. Since its beginning, we've worked to make NextGen TV a
reality. With our engineers sitting in on the early ATSC standard
committee meetings, we formed partnerships along the way to see
that key pieces of technology--for the whole industry--got
developed. Now ATSC 3.0 stations are launching at a rapid pace."
Award winners are selected by Interactive TV Today, evaluating
all notable contributions to the advancement of interactive
television. The award was presented at the annual TV of
Tomorrow Show on September
10th. A list of award winners can be seen on the
TV of Tomorrow website at https://thetvoftomorrowshow.com/.
About ONE Media 3.0
ONE Media 3.0, headquartered in Hunt
Valley, MD, was established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI), with a vision to
build and globally deploy the Next Generation Broadcast Platform,
enabling broadcasters to be competitive across all platforms in
delivering enhanced video and data services. For more information
about ONE Media 3.0, see www.onemediallc.com.
About Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Sinclair is a diversified media company and leading provider of
local sports and news. The Company owns and/or operates 23 regional
sports network brands; owns, operates and/or provides services to
191 television stations in 89 markets; is a leading local news
provider in the country; owns multiple national networks; and has
TV stations affiliated with all the major broadcast networks.
Sinclair's content is delivered via multiple platforms, including
over-the-air, multi-channel video program distributors, and digital
platforms. The Company regularly uses its website as a key source
of Company information which can be accessed at
www.sbgi.net.
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