Streaming services that are clobbering cable TV are carried by the cable TV companies providing Internet service.
There may be some hope for broadcast TV with ATSC 3.0, aka NextGenTV.
Besides 4K resolution and Internet integration options, the new standard offers significantly better over-the-air reception. New TV tuners are needed, however, and because ATSC 1.0 isn’t being retired NextGenTV could be dead on arrival.
Boston has no NextGenTV stations yet. Boston’s ABC network affiliate, WCVB, just added an ATSC 1.0 standard definition sub-channel at 5-3. For now it’s just a test pattern, but on March 28 it will feature MeTV’s new Story Network.
