Harmonic, the worldwide leader in video delivery infrastructure, today announced that WRAL-TV, Capitol Broadcasting Company’s NBC affiliate in Raleigh-Durham, is testing the next-generation ATSC 3.0 broadcast television standard in 4K/UHD and HD with High Dynamic Range (HDR) and Wide Color Gamut (WCG) using Harmonic broadcast encoders powered by the Harmonic PURE Compression Engine(TM).
WRAL-TV kicked off its new ATSC 3.0 TV station by airing the live noon newscast while broadcasting a 4K UHD documentary, “Take Me Out to the Bulls Game,” leveraging the ATSC 3.0 standard in its current form.
