Long standing obstacles on the road to multicast video over mobile networks are close to being cleared at last through the efforts of standards bodies on technology, regulatory and migratory fronts. The 3GPP has been improving efficiency and scalability of multicast over 5G NR (New Radio), while ATSC 3.0 is revising rules for licensing TV for multicast, and the DVB has moved to support two IP multicast transport protocols to ease migration from legacy linear broadcast services. In the USA, the FCC has announced plans to modify the rules of the collection of digital TV standards under the ATSC 3.0 banner, often described as NextGen TV, to include simulcast multicast streams. This refers to streams transmitted simultaneously over the air…