Comments on ATSC 3.0 FNPRM Due Feb. 20

Comments on the ATSC 3.0 Further NPRM are due Feb. 20, the FCC Media Bureau said in a public notice Thursday. Replies are due March 20. The FNPRM seeks comment on possible exceptions and waivers to the new standard’s simulcasting requirement, on broadcasters using vacant channels in the broadcast band during the transition, and tentatively concludes that simulcasting shouldn’t affect a station’s significantly viewed status. The actual ATSC 3.0 order hasn’t yet been published in the Federal Register, and the agency will issue a PN when it is, the bureau said.