The SBTVD Forum, Brazil’s Digital Terrestrial Television System body, has released results from the lab tests for the physical layer in phase 3 of the TV 3.0 project – presenting the technical details of why Advanced ISDB-T and ATSC 3.0 were both selected for field trials, and why 5G Broadcast was not. As a quick recap, a month ago we reported that Advanced ISDB-T (the pre-standard Japanese broadcast system) and ATSC 3.0 (used in South Korea and the US) had both been waved through to begin field trials for Brazil’s forthcoming TV 3.0 hybrid standard from December 2023 through May 2024. Then, in June 2024, just one of ATSC 3.0 and Advanced ISBD-T will be selected for the OTA physical…