CTA: Hill Commerce Leaders Should Oppose ATSC 3.0 Mandate

Group Comments on ATSC 3.0 Proposal

Public Knowledge, along with Open Technology Institute at New America (OTI), Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Consumer Reports, Access Humboldt, and Media Council Hawaii, filed comments before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding the Petition for Rulemaking and Future of Television Initiative Report filed by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB). The comments urge the FCC to not allow the NAB’s proposal for a natio…

CTA: Hill Commerce Leaders Should Oppose ATSC 3.0 Mandate

The Consumer Technology Association wants House and Senate Commerce committee leadership to oppose NAB's petition to the FCC on the ATSC 3.0 transition, CTA CEO Gary Shapiro said in a letter to legislators Tuesday. The letter was sent to Senate...

Cable TV Companies Opposes Mandatory OTA ATSC 3.0 Transition, Citing High Costs and Low Consumer Demand

The cable industry, led by the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), is pushing back against a proposal by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) to mandate a nationwide transition to ATSC 3.0, also known as NextGen TV, by 2030. In a filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday, NCTA argued that the […] The post Cable TV Companies Opposes Mandatory OTA ATSC 3.0 Transition, Citing High Costs and Lo…

CTA Tells FCC: Don't Mandate ATSC 3.0 Tuners

Filing calls NAB’s petition to require 3.0 tuners a ‘heavy-handed and risky government intervention’