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NPR, Native Public Media and the National Federation of Community Broadcasters shared concerns about the costs and resources it would take for public broadcasters to comply with the proposed rules.
PBS and America’s Public Television Stations asked the commission to take on obstacles reducing access to public TV channels.
An FCC loophole is causing problems for stations that want to join marketwide launches of the new broadcast technology.
Law firm Foster Garvey PC has seen “an increasing number of licensees” that have “expressed concerns with the binary options provided to answer the question of gender” on some FCC forms.
The commission reined in proposed regulations that had sparked concern at NPR and PBS.
The FCC has signaled its intent to make broadcasters consistently identify when programs have received financial support from a foreign government.
The commission is giving noncommercial TV stations a break on several rules and fees, a move that public broadcasters hope will lead to increased datacasting opportunities.
Advocates are challenging a requirement that stations pay the FCC 5% of revenue from “ancillary or supplementary services,” which they say could hamper adoption of ATSC 3.0.
The new requirement is “regulatory make-work” that “does not serve any necessary or legitimate purpose,” PBS and America’s Public Television Stations argued.
Pubcasters didn’t get everything they wanted, but America’s Public Television Stations COO Lonna Thompson said the commission’s solution for simulcasting difficulties is “generous and fair.”
NC WARN complained to the FCC about “misleading” sponsorship messages highlighting the utility provider’s commitments to clean energy.
Co-authored by America’s Public Television Stations, the proposal would expand the use of booster transmitters to fill coverage gaps.
In a complaint to the commission, Washburn University of Topeka describes a “concerted strategy” by Comcast of Missouri to undermine must-carry protections for KTWU.
In an FCC proceeding, the network argued that FM radio services operated by low-power TV stations are a “grossly inefficient use of spectrum.”
Based on staff workloads and other FCC deadlines, a window for new noncommercial educational stations could open as early as next summer.
“To leave public television stations … on the sidelines of the FirstNet infrastructure is to ignore a robust, reliable and ubiquitous partner whose public safety capabilities have proven effective in a variety of critical use cases,” APTS told the FCC.
In comments filed this month, the California station raised concerns about TV channels interfering with radio broadcasts.
Northern Michigan University will take its rural broadband service to the state’s Lower Peninsula.
The FCC plans to auction off Educational Broadband Service spectrum and give commercial buyers an equal shot at snapping it up.
The previous requirements had tripped up at least one public TV station.