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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

NextGen TV As an alternative, adopting the same DRM as is used for free YouTube videos would be acceptable

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’

NEXTGEN TV Alliance’s leadership met with the Media and Public Safety Bureaus, as well as staffers for two commissioners, last week

NextGen TV In comments to the FCC, NextGen TV advocacy group reiterates that the manufacturer uses a Huawei chip

As part of the Consent Decree, the regulator is renewing 41 TV stations licenses

In a meeting with FCC staff representatives of the broadcaster opposed the NAB’s plans for a “flash cut” from ATSC to ATSC 3.0