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Pay TV Groups Oppose Lifting Broadcast Ownership Caps
The NCTA and ATVA argued the FCC did not have authority to lift the rules and that further consolidation would increase pay TV prices for consumers
FCC Launches Effort to Modernize Disaster Information Reporting System
Commission voted to approve a NPRM that seeks comment on potential ways to reduce reporting burdens and improve the system
NAB: Ownership Caps Have Created a ‘True Emergency for TV Broadcasters’
‘The record shows that the need for TV broadcasters to gain scale now has become an emergency,’ the group told the FCC
FCC Updates Agenda for Aug. 7 Open Meeting
Regulatory and Standards Plans votes on deleting obsolete broadcast rules, speeding up infrastructure builds, reducing reporting burdens on service providers during disasters and other issues
SiliconDust Urges FCC to Do Away With DRM Rules for ATSC 3.0 Programming
NextGen TV As an alternative, adopting the same DRM as is used for free YouTube videos would be acceptable
50 State Broadcasting Associations Pass Resolution Backing ATSC 1.0 Sunset
Resolution supports FCC ‘establishing a clear, industry-wide date-certain transition plan for the full deployment of Next Gen TV (ATSC 3.0) as well as a sunset date for ATSC 1.0’
FCC Opens Investigation Into Comcast’s Relations With Affiliates
In a letter to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, FCC chair Brendan Carr expressed concerns that NBC and other networks are attempting ‘to extract onerous financial and operational concessions from local broadcast TV stations’
AWARN Meets With FCC to Discuss Emergency Alerting During ATSC 3.0 Transition
NEXTGEN TV Alliance’s leadership met with the Media and Public Safety Bureaus, as well as staffers for two commissioners, last week
