NAB Launches Merkhet Solutions to Advance Deployment of BPS

NAB Launches Merkhet Solutions to Advance Deployment of BPS

Sam Matheny will head the new independent company focusing on the commercial deployment of the Broadcast Positioning System

NAB Ramps Up BPS Deployment Efforts With ‘Merkhet’ Launch

WASHINGTON, D.C. — How serious is the NAB‘s effort to bring its Broadcast Positioning System (BPS) to fruition, and get it deployed as a solid alternative or even an ultimate replacement for GPS technology? An independent company focused on BPS’s commercial deployment has come to be. Introducing Merkhet Solutions Inc., which will work squarely on forging partnerships with private business and public entities including municipal works departments…

NAB Launches Merkhet Solutions to Advance BPS Deployment

The National Association of Broadcasters has launched Merkhet Solutions an independent company focused on commercial deployment of the Broadcast Positioning System (BPS). BPS is a terrestrial timing and positioning technology that uses the NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0) broadcast standard to deliver precise time and location signals over the existing network of U.S. broadcast towers. Developed by the technology team at NAB in 2021, the patented terrestri…

Merkhet Solutions Formed By NAB To Commercialize Broadcast Positioning System

A new company, Merkhet Solutions, will commercialize a terrestrial timing and positioning system developed by the National Association of Broadcasters to give critical infrastructure an alternative to GPS, the NAB announced Tuesday. Merkhet Solutions will deploy the Broadcast Positioning System, or BPS, a patented GPS-independent technology that uses NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0) broadcasts and the existing network of U.S. broadcast towers to deliver pr…