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Re:MPEG-2 Patents Have Expired by magmastonealex on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @06:14PM (#16380456)
Yes, ATSC in North America generally uses MPEG-2 video, in an MPEG-2 transport stream (often with AC-3 as the audio codec).

There are provisions to use h.264 within that transport stream, but I'm not sure if any stations actually broadcast with that.

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Re:MPEG-2 Patents Have Expired by mrpippy on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @11:10PM (#16381847)
Some cable systems (Comcast has been migrating I believe) do use H.264, but I don’t know of any OTA usage. There is “Mobile DTV” AKA ATSC-M/H which uses H264 and is designed for mobile reception, but stations are rare and commercial adoption is nonexistent.
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