A New Enhanced Version of TV Gateway for NextGenTV Developers & System Integrators
The VBox ATSC 3.0 Testbed is designed for TV stations, broadcast engineers, video system integrators, digital app developers, and others in the emerging NextGenTV technology development ecosystem looking to test “real-world” ATSC 3.0 features and functionality.
The VBox ATSC 3.0 Testbed offers the ability to analyze both linear and “beyond-TV” ATSC 3.0 signal provision through features such as:
- ATSC 3.0 Signal Reception: Ensuring signals arrive as expected, via ROUTE and DASH protocols;
- Advanced Emergency Alerts Reception: Enabling AEA-standard weather and storm information as well as localized emergency messaging;
- Electronic Service Guide Reception and Visualization: Monitoring of broadcaster/3rd-party programming information for accuracy and timeliness;
- SDK Provision and Testing Documentation: Enabling oversight of 3rd-party application development, deployment and compliance testing.
AEA Advanced Emergency Alerts example:
As an official member of the Advanced Television Systems Committee VBox Communications is committed to implementing ATSC 3.0
VBox’s ATSC 3.0 Testbed offers a unique approach to addressing the advanced features and benefits of the new ATSC 3.0 standard in addition to the video and audio features enhancements it provides.
ESG Electronic Service Guide in ATSC 3.0 example: