Techniques for atsc 3.0 broadcast boundary area management using plural tuners

A digital television apparatus comprising:

• at least one receiver configured to receive digital television from a digital television transmitter system comprising at least first and second terrestrial broadcast transmitters, the receiver comprising:
• at least one processor programmed with instructions to:
• present a demanded service acquired from a first tuner;
• while presenting the demanded service, use a second tuner to scan a digital television broadcast over-the-air (OTA) frequency range for a duplicate of the demanded service;
• determine respective quality metrics associated with the demanded service and the duplicate of the demanded service;
• and
• select to present the demanded service or the duplicate of the demanded service based on the quality metrics.

A digital television apparatus comprising:

• at least one receiver comprising at least one processor programmed with instructions to configure the processor to:
• receive from plural digital television broadcasters information from respective frequencies;
• present a service on the receiver received from a first tuner tuned to a first one of the frequencies;
• scan the frequencies for a duplicate of the service using a second tuner;
• and
• responsive to a relationship of quality metric of the duplicate of the service to a quality metric of the service, present the duplicate of the service in lieu of the service from the first tuner.