Don't Impose Format Requirements or CE Subsidies on 3.0 Stations, NAB Asks FCC

Don't require stations moving to ATSC 3.0 to HD simulcast or take up proposals from public interest groups to subsidize consumer compatible equipment purchases from broadcasters' ancillary service fees, said NAB in a call Thursday with FCC Media Bureau Chief Michelle Carey. “Rules regarding derogation of service have not proven controversial or unworkable in any way, and there is no compelling reason for the Commission to adjust those,” said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 20-145. Don’t “inject” retransmission consent matters here, NAB asked. “There is simply no reason for the Commission to consider, let alone adopt, regulations to prevent a harm that has not yet materialized associated with services that are not yet being offered.”