- E.W. Scripps' (SSP -3%) WMYD station in Detroit will be among the first television stations to move to a next-generation broadcasting standard.
- The station will implement ATSC 3.0, an Internet Protocol-based platform made to easily deliver data to millions of receivers while mitigating online traffic jams.
- At April's NAB Show, a coalition of station groups announced plans to deploy the standard in the 40 largest U.S. TV markets by the end of 2020, following testing/rollouts in Phoenix, Dallas, Baltimore, East Lansing, Raleigh, and Santa Barbara.
- WDIV, owned by Graham Media Group (GHC +0.5%), will also take part in the next-gen launch in Detroit.