ATSC 3.0 Patent Pool Due ‘Well Before’ System Is 'Widely Deployed,' Says MPEG LA
MPEG LA is making “substantial progress” toward launching a patent pool for ATSC 3.0, and hopes soon “to be in a position to make an announcement” on its debut of a one-stop license, emailed spokesperson Tom O’Reilly Monday. “Each pool…
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has its own unique set of factors affecting time to market," he said. "Reaching agreement among patent holders to offer a license of wide benefit to the market takes time. ATSC 3.0 is being tested in select markets now, and we expect the license to be available well before it becomes widely deployed.” MPEG LA hoped to have a 3.0 pool operational by early 2019 with the participation of more than a dozen licensors, O’Reilly told us in November (see 1811270013). MPEG LA's August 2017 call for 3.0-essential patents was the beginning of the process to create a one-stop-license pool.