DIRECTV Objects to ATSC 3.0 OTA TV

DIRECTV Objects to ATSC 3.0 OTA TV

The American Television Alliance (ATA), representing pay TV and telecom providers, has raised significant concerns with the Federal Communications Commission’s Media Bureau about the costly transition to NextGenTV/ATSC 3.0, particularly for one of its key members, DirecTV. In a detailed letter dated August 12, the ATA outlined the financial and technical burdens the satellite provider […] The post DIRECTV Objects to ATSC 3.0 OTA TV appeared firs…

DirecTV Warns FCC Over ATSC 3.0 Mandate | Radio & Television Business Report

For years, the unanswered question among some media observers monitoring the transition of the broadcast TV standard to ATSC 3.0 from ATSC 1.0 was just how multichannel video programming distributors would add NEXTGEN TV channels to their lineups. At what cost would this be for MVPDs? How would retransmission consent negotiations go for the addition of these ATSC 3.0-powered stations? The American Television Alliance, a notorious group claiming …

DirecTV Says Costs for ATSC 3.0 Transition Would be “Onerous”

American Television Alliance told the FCC that these costs would produce `no benefits whatsoever’ for the pay TV operator’s subscribers