FCC Gets OMB OK for 3 Years on Form for ATSC 3.0 License Application

The FCC received Office of Management and Budget OK for three years on information collection requirements for Form 2100, what it calls a next-generation TV license application involving ATSC 3.0. The commission's changes are taking effect Tuesday, says that day's Federal Register. The Media Bureau will change the form and relevant schedules for TV stations "to implement the Next Gen TV licensing process and collect the required information," the FCC says: "The form will be revised to establish the streamlined 'one-step' licensing process for Next Gen TV applicants," with staff using the license application to determine compliance with rules and whether the public interest would be served by approval of such a license. The first 3.0 stations went on air with experimental licenses due to the lack of license application for next-gen TV, said Pearl TV Managing Director Anne Schelle at the NAB Show (see 1804080002). In November, commissioners approved 3-2 the 3.0 rules. Another two FCC information collections also are effective Tuesday (see 1807160052).