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Aug. 7 meeting will include votes on such topics as EAS, disaster reporting, deleting obsolete broadcast regs and the buildout of advanced telecommunications capabilities

‘This is the NAB playbook: if consumers aren’t choosing your tech organically, demand the government make them,’ says CTA CEO Gary Shapiro

SiliconDust argues the broadcast business group’s underlying premise is flawed

In August, the commission will vote on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that will re-examine alerting systems ‘from the ground up and explore … fundamental changes to these systems’

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’

‘In three weeks, we will vote to begin a ground-up re-examination of the Emergency Alert Systems,’ Carr said

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

Cox, Sinclair and Gray executives ask agency to consider affiliate fees, vMVPD retrans negotiations in approving the Paramount-Skydance tie-up

Our most popular regulatory stories of the first half of 2025 highlight growing interest in contentious government policies

In the wake of the ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit settlement, Democratic senators write Commissioner Olivia Trusty urging her to support a full vote on the merger