Five years ago this week… Faultline interviewed two wireless industry veterans—the CEOs of both VSatcast and Spectrum Evolution—which had just pulled off a 60-day trial of a “touchless” ATSC 3.0 deployment using cloud NFV and edge caching. By moving the broadcast edge into the home, the duo demonstrated a way to deliver multicast video without sending engineers or equipment on-site, opening the door to mobile, 8K, and hybrid 5G integrations. Despite regulatory hurdles and lingering hardware gaps, the promise of IP multicast, low-latency live events, and even personalized advertising suddenly felt real. Partners on the trial included Broadpeak, Enensys, Alticast, Bitrouter, and Microsoft Azure. Fast-forward to today, and ATSC 3.0 is finally making its way onto mobile devices in trial…