In a development that the digital television standards organisation says will open the door to worldwide deployments, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has adopted ATSC 3.0 as a recommended digital broadcast benchmark.

ATSC 3.0 is currently commercially deployed in South Korea and US commercial deployment begins in earnest during 2020.
“With initial US deployments in place, we’re anticipating the first announcements of consumer receivers for the US market in the coming days,” said ATSC board chairman Lynn Claudy, senior VP of technology for the National Association of Broadcasters, regarding the announcement. “The decision by the ITU is yet another signal that digital terrestrial broadcasting has a bright future ahead.”
The next step in the development is to update the ITU Digital Handbook with best practices for implementation of ATSC 3.0.