Encryption

[NatHillIV]

I like these parts of the document best.

Not allowing DRM on public airwaves is a solution. It is the solution that would be best for the US
consumer and for device makers.......
To stop applying DRM encryption broadcasters simply need to untick the DRM config option on the
station video encoders. All broadcast video encoder equipment supports not applying DRM
encryption.......
All existing ATSC 3.0 televisions and receiver equipment purchased by US consumers would continue to
work, now with all channels available to all devices

[zippy]

I may have lost track of this. But usually there a fixed number of days for comments and then a set day for a "ruling". What is the end date if any. That way I can just hibernate until then

[HoTst2]

I like these parts of the document best.

Not allowing DRM on public airwaves is a solution. It is the solution that would be best for the US
consumer and for device makers.......
To stop applying DRM encryption broadcasters simply need to untick the DRM config option on the
station video encoders. All broadcast video encoder equipment supports not applying DRM
encryption.......
All existing ATSC 3.0 televisions and receiver equipment purchased by US consumers would continue to
work, now with all channels available to all devices

Me too, as by far the best solution for the public...

But I guess I could live with the second option of the FCC at least just require SD and others to simply implement the same Google Widevine DRM used by current streaming services and mandate A3SA's ridiculous and obviously discriminatory rules against Gateway devices be dropped.

[drmpeg]

I may have lost track of this. But usually there a fixed number of days for comments and then a set day for a "ruling". What is the end date if any. That way I can just hibernate until then

The end date for reply comments was June 6, 2025. No date set for a ruling.

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-25-314A1.pdf

[howardc1243]

More like just a "bare-bones minimum" ATSC 3.0 solution for the 95% of OTA viewers wouldn't you say?

Oh, for sure. I only meant "viable" in the eyes of Pearl and possibly a misinformed FCC. Not at all viable for those of us with a DVR mindset.

Hollywood would rather us to watch their mud-movies and crap-shows and be annoyed by hollywood celebs spouting-out their mindless diatribe.

[howardc1243]

Pardon my complete lack of understanding here... but is that why the CableCard HDHR won't work on AndoridTV devices? The same thing that's preventing getting A3SA certified is preventing get recertified at the correct level because of the chip?

So basically we are now very limited to using a subset of devices that we could originally use?

I guess the good news is that 3.0 doesn't look likely to be mandated and the US will be stuck in limbo for a while. Probably after the original digital transition, none of these broadcasters has any stomach for the next level. They didn't learn the lessons from the music industry years ago when people found ways around the DRM until eventually Apple found the formula to success.

And oddly enough Pearl didn't even address SD's assertion that the other devices are a huge, gaping security hole using patches from 2011 and an old OS.

ATTN: nick stay with taiwan chips, stay with taiwan chips.

[howardc1243]

Again I ask which is easier/cheaper a redesign or being dragged through the muck.

Techpro2004: when it comes to satisfying the masses with a cheap solution or the muck, i choose the muck, thank you