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FCC Announces Busy Agenda for August Open Meeting
By George Winslow published
Aug. 7 meeting will include votes on such topics as EAS, disaster reporting, deleting obsolete broadcast regs and the buildout of advanced telecommunications capabilities

CTA Blasts Pearl TV’s ‘Conflict of Interest’ Claims on NextGen TV Tuner Mandates
By George Winslow published
‘This is the NAB playbook: if consumers aren’t choosing your tech organically, demand the government make them,’ says CTA CEO Gary Shapiro

Pearl TV Tells FCC: Huawei Chipset Reason for Inability to Decrypt 3.0 Programming
By Phil Kurz published
SiliconDust argues the broadcast business group’s underlying premise is flawed

FCC Releases Details of Its Plans to Review Emergency Alert System
By George Winslow published
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’

NAB CEO LeGeyt Discusses Ownership Regs, 3.0 Transition With FCC’s Trusty
By George Winslow published
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’

FCC Chair Outlines Busy Summer Agenda That Includes Major EAS Vote
By George Winslow published
‘In three weeks, we will vote to begin a ground-up re-examination of the Emergency Alert Systems,’ Carr said

Pearl TV Tells FCC That CTA Members Are Trying to ‘Stifle Broadcast Innovation’
By George Winslow published
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

CBS Affiliates Urge FCC to Impose Merger Conditions That Strengthen Stations
By George Winslow published
Cox, Sinclair and Gray executives ask agency to consider affiliate fees, vMVPD retrans negotiations in approving the Paramount-Skydance tie-up
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