FCC Chairman Ajit Pai did not hold back when describing the critics of the FCC’s plan for an ATSC 3.0 rollout.

The NAB has told the FCC that it needs to start treating broadcasters, MVPDs and OTT video providers as competitors and let broadcasters go forward with their own innovations, specifically through NextGen TV transmissions.

The issue of whether or not a station can get out of the simulcasting mandate for ATSC 3.0 is still up for debate, as it is one of the questions that the FCC is currently seeking comments on.

The FCC today voted unanimously to allow broadcasters to voluntarily deploy the emerging “next-generation” television transmission standard known as ATSC 3.0.

Monday marks effective date of new standard's rollout

There could be “chaos in the marketplace” and possible consumer rejection of the next-gen TV transmission standard according to the Consumer Technology Association if the FCC doesn’t provide regulatory certainty about how these signals will be delivered.

A plan for voluntary adoption the “next-generation” television broadcasting transmission standard known as ATSC 3.0 has been proposed at the Federal Communications Commission, which represents a seminal event in the development of the standard.

The FCC, as expected, will vote Nov. 16 on whether to authorize broadcasters to begin offering next-generation ATSC 3.0-based over-the-air television service on a voluntary basis at its open commission meeting.