In most areas of the world, there is likely to have 3 different means of distributing television content. This is inefficient, and in some cases – unreliable. Under the NSC, all television will be required to be delivered on a terrestrial source. Ideally, and eventually – this will mean television will carry over fiber optic lines. Once the TV signals can be distributed over terrestrial lines, then the OTA (Over the Air) transmissions can be set to expire, and that spectrum used for something else.
Some people might complain about this as they are happy with their OTA transmissions, but OTA can be affected by external conditions such as weather, or distance. The further away a TV is from the transmission system, the more power that transmission has to work to provide the signals. This is wasteful, and while it served wonderfully in the past, this is not the case anymore.
All channels, even the older OTA channels will carry over the coaxial or fiber optic lines. This will mean that there will be a need for a smart TV. For basic TVs, the TV will plug into the smart TV adapter most likely plugging into HDMI, and the adapter will plug into the LAN – therefore allowing access to everything. Once done, the customer will download the Kal-TV app to their TV, and they will be able to view the channels that are provided with their plan.
And since using the network will be much more bandwidth than what any OTA antenna can do, every station can be transmitted at 4K+ resolution, therefore a clearer and more vibrant picture. Even subscribers that do not wish to pay for premium channels will still have access to network channels even if they don’t pay anything. And again, the transmission quality will be determined by the broadcaster rather than splitting their spectrum across multiple channels.