NAB Petitions FCC to Shut Down ATSC 1.0 - The End of OTA TV?

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Congress is going to kill ATSC 1.0 current digital and in no time. Why? 1. Because that was the whole plan all along. 2. Because Congress cares about their own bills, not TV. First, ATSC 1.0 is not dead. Not as long as it has a DVD slot and an F connector. Second, it exists alongside NTSC analog pre 2009 on most sets. The goal is to get rid of 1.0 and NTSC, together. Selling set top adapter boxes is a very hard market. Do you think Best Buy and Walmart are going to accept whole shipments of expensive set top boxes that cost a king's ransome ? We've all met the Walmart AV appliance geeks. They are the gatekeepers. They want nothing to do with telling a customer you now have to balance four TV remotes on your sofa's arm. " It's only one hundred fifty dollars, ma'am". Yes, 1.0 will be off the air and 3.0 will be demanding you buy this junk and subscribe to the internet and port it to your TV. The old TV has to stick around to play Barney the Dinosaur, the Disney collections, and the Christmas collection. Throw out your whole DVD stack? Fat Chance. ATSC 3.0 will be blasting snow on the air, and billions in advertising revenue will be lost and the rest of the TV industry will be pissed to no end. Satellite won't solve the problem and smart TV is saturated. I'm in a town where TV-VCR's severely outnumber ATSC 3.0 TV's. Cable won't open up to 3.0 either. Hurry up, 3.0. The sooner you get here, the sooner you bomb with the audience.

TV stations operate in the interests of the public? Then how come there was Mama's Family! And reruns are still being shown!!

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Why fight to watch TV all stations are meaningless propaganda anyways.

You sound a lot like mental outlaw. Its uncanny lol.

This is a really well made presentation and video on a germane topic.

I'll miss the commercials.

I’ve lost literally all interest in mainstream TV, much of it is personally and socially toxic anyway.

Over the air TV should be completely open for use by all without restrictions. This is crucial for people who do not ha e internet service, or want local content. It is a public service, using public resources in signal bandwidth.

If companies want to restrict the use of their content, they should be using the internet instead,.

Ultimately a station decides to stay in business or go out of business. If broadcasters don't make a dime with OTA television, they shut it down. A recent local station made an investment to increase the range of their signal by leaving VHF and going UHF. Hmm.... That implies a lot of people are watching them with antennas. I also contacted another station about reception problems and they sent staff out to help me receiving their channel. They seem to care about the OTA viewer.

The FCC forced ATSC 1.0 in the first place, and expired analog. The FCC's job is to help lead the advance of communication technology standards We know the problems with ATSC 1.0, so ATSC 3.0 would be more advanced technology. If the FCC mandates its use, then it establishes a new standard. Once there's a ratified standard then everyone get's on board with supporting the new technology.

The real issue here is not ATSC 1.0 vs. ATSC 3.0. The real issue is the encryption we believe broadcasters will begin to use. If a good portion of the U.S. are using antennas for local channels, then encrypting those signals could cut revenue if people are not willing to pay subscription fees for OTA television. I don't think it will get to that. Some networks have started moving popular programming to their paid apps only. If this trend continues, there won't be any valuable programming for stations to encrypt.

And, your local stations may not survive if ALL of their premium network programming goes to paid network streaming apps.

The real purpose of ATSC 3.0 may never be encryption at all, but instead will allow struggling local broadcasters to furnish a higher capacity of rerun channels, like maybe 40 sub-channels, vs. the current 15 limit, so they can still generate enough revenue to keep themselves in business. I see lean years ahead for them.

Guess I won't watch anything again...

so all older dtv boxes won't work?

2009 TV went digital, now only 15 years later, they want to “upgrade” sounds like a money grab once again.

Follow the money. Private Interests (Money) > Public Interest (free TV) ?? NO!

I gave up the antenna idea to costly Now using Direct tv stream $ 122 a month included wifi and I doubled my sub channels

excluding metv toons

FYI: The current administration has moved to remove all Public Comment periods…

The plan is for commercial content providers to end free broadcasting over the public airwaves one way or another. Concurrently by steady elimination of alternative access, herd the public into subscription only services over privately owned networks, and still push commercial advertising at us.

Since the very beginning a TV has always been an advertising platform you purchased with your own money for the privilege of watching their commercials. The shows are and have always been merely bait to get and keep you in front of the screen.

Whats next Permits for watching tv ?

What a hacky title and thumbnail. I don't even need to watch this to know it's untrue. Kthxbye!

What we need is someone to make a description box did you plug into the back of the TV to intercept the signal

Will Sleepy Joe Robinette oBiden wake up and help Maga patriot Trump fight hard to keep episodes of his favorite sitcom Hazel on antenna Tv?

Sounds like way to make cord cutters to pay to view.

ATSC 3.0 sounds like a dumpster fire. What they have now works just fine.

Not a problem here. I don’t have a tv.

Skip TV entirely.

What are those airwaves used for now? I suppose i should ask an unreliable zeeish ai or google search

My wife and I have never had cable of satellite tv. My wife bought her house in late 1980s when she was 18 years old. Almost 36 years later we still use an antenna to receive tv signals here in Southeastern Colorado from atop Cheyenne Mountain. All together we receive about 40 channels, though we only watch about 25 of them. We don't have home internet service. Our cellphones are our internet connections. I figure based on what my inlaws pay for home internet, cable service, and landline phone services we save about $400-500 every month. Over 30+ years we have saved over $100,000 by sticking with antenna and inexpensive Walmart cellphones. We will pretty much abandon TV if/when these new regulations ever come.
CHEERS from Colorado

Hi. Thought I was going to have a million questions. I turned into a kid in grade school again and started watching the birds outside and didn't hear a word. The charts were pretty. Have a nice day everyone.

I thought they already got rid of the antenna TV back in 2009

They want to be able to control everything you see, hear and BELIEVE.

Must be why they added 8 more free channels to my OTA here in Eugene, OR…🙄

ATSC 3.0 still has the DRM problem too.

They're making tvs into computers. Some people want tvs to stay tvs and not require other additional services just to watch stuff.

What does ATSC 3 do that 1 does not? Improved compression algorithms? What is this talk about DRM? Why do they need DRM for broadcast television? Are people recording the OTA shows and selling their bootlegs for profit at a large scale? Then what is the problem?

Trump will sign an excutive order. A judge will block it. Trump will demand the judge is impeached!

Trump will sign an excutive order. A judge will block it. Trump will demand the judge is impeached!

Trump will sign an excutive order and a judge will block it!

If they change it again, I'm out for good. If there's a national disaster or emergency, I'll use the radio.

I was in college in the 70’s when cable TV started to become widespread. I said at the time that free TV would eventually end, to be replaced by pay per view. One of my professors strongly disagreed with me. I’m actually surprised broadcast TV has persisted this long with such a small share of the market. But, for the majority of viewers, broadcast TV is a long gone memory. This latest proposal is the final nail in the coffin for broadcast TV.
I think the real outcome will be the extinction of TV as we knew it. Reception of video entertainment will be an ala carte streaming option only. Both broadcast and Cable will become extinct.

It's at least 60 miles in any direction to any broadcaster so I can't get anything over the air anyway. So it doesn't effect me, whatever they do.

I'm a proud over-the-air antena man.

if they go through this i predict most local tv will be unprofitable . and news is only reason to watch local tv network programing is not worth watching
look at the poor ratings

shutting down atsc 1.0 would be illegal as planned? you haven't met this administration, have you. everything trump and his lackeys do is illegal.

Hey @AntennaMan, can you review each smart TVs antenna tv menu and layouts? I feel those are underrated when thinking about buying TVs (even if the TV has the new ATSC 3.0 or not).

Why are they trying to do this again? They did it with digital TV's

hey antenna man ,i'm using a pre amp at the antenna but i see you recomend using a powered splitter can i use both or should pre amp be all i need ,i looked on many videos but can't find any that address this issue thanks for any insite you can give

Are you kidding me? Another "upgrade" no one wants or needs.