August 18 FCC Ex Parte letter on ATSC 3.0 DRM

[dweber]

https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/search-filings/filing/10818038010634

Tyler the Antenna Man and Lon Seidman presented the issues with ATSC 3.0 DRM to the FCC. Above is a summary of their meeting.


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[Scott Greczkowski]

These guys are doing great work.

 

[primestar31]

DRM MUST go away, or ATSC 3.0 is DOA, and IMO, will stay that way until it just fades away...

 

[cpalmer2k]

Ultimately the FCC doesn't care. Their current focus seems to be to eliminate virtually all of the safeguards and rules to allow TV ownership to do whatever they want. It seems highly unlikely they're going to suddenly grow a backbone when it comes to DRM on ATSC 3.0.

If they really wanted to move on this issue they've just been handed a golden opportunity. They could tell Nexstar that if they want to merge with Tegna (which requires the FCC to change their own limits on station ownership) then they have to commit to broadcasting their ATSC 3.0 feeds with no DRM.