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The regular review of broadcast ownership rules will be on the agency’s September agenda, said Chair Brendan Carr

As part of the effort, it is emphasizing the importance of preserving free access to football on broadcast stations

FCC filing said that there should not be two separate ownership caps for network O&Os and other TV station groups

The joint filing by the NAB and other broadcasters “reflects an extraordinary level of consensus across America’s broadcasters,” that the rules must change, NAB’s LeGeyt said

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‘The record shows that the need for TV broadcasters to gain scale now has become an emergency,’ the group told the FCC

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’

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

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’

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