regulatory and standards

She also announced two other staff additions and one departure

Agency veteran will serve as its principal technical adviser

The MPA’s global security initiative said the next-generation shield tiers increase transparency, strengthen security standards, and improve content security

FCC is already working on spectrum management and other issues related to the upcoming games, the agency reported

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

Commission voted to approve a NPRM that seeks comment on potential ways to reduce reporting burdens and improve the system

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

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

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’

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’