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At the meeting, NAB officials urged the regulator to act ‘to ensure that broadcasting remains a competitive and meaningful part of the American media landscape’

Broadcasters complained that TV set manufacturers are ‘incentivized’ to oppose ATSC 3.0 tuners because their FAST channels compete with broadcasters for ads and audiences

NEXTGEN TV Broadcaster group responds to last month's FCC meeting with NCTA, CTA and others

Six groups said they had different perspectives but ‘one goal’ in urging the regulator to ‘deny NAB’s requests’

Filing calls NAB’s petition to require 3.0 tuners a ‘heavy-handed and risky government intervention’

'This will impose a large percentage increase in costs at a time when the TV set has proved to be the rare deflationary product'

CTA is predicting $537 billion in U.S. sales in 2025 but new levies could reduce purchasing power by $90 billion to $143 billion

The audit of the show’s attendance found a 15% spike in senior executives and record startup participation

Consumers will spend $14 billion (up 6% over 2023) on audio streaming services and $48 billion (up 4%) on video streaming in 2024

FCC Commissioners Brendan Carr and Anna Gomez will be among those speaking