Encryption

[vandyman]

In the end the local stations will lose out.

Years ago when I had a cable subscription.
I rarely ever watched local TV, except for some sports.

Streaming services are also killing local programming. Besides, there really isn't anything interesting to watch on local TV anyway. Reruns, reruns. Game shows, talk shows, are not for me.

[Frank Hagan]

In the end the local stations will lose out.

Years ago when I had a cable subscription.
I rarely ever watched local TV, except for some sports.

Streaming services are also killing local programming. Besides, there really isn't anything interesting to watch on local TV anyway. Reruns, reruns. Game shows, talk shows, are not for me.

In big media markets, like Los Angeles, there's a ton of local news and what they used to call "human interest" stories ... restaurant reviews, upcoming festivals, high school events, etc. I'd hate to see all of that go away. I think we need to go back to requiring local stations to be locally owned and operated, and curtail the Sinclair-type media conglomerates.

[NatHillIV]

I think this is HUGE. I would love for some SiliconDust folks to respond to what happened yesterday,

https://www.newscaststudio.com/2025/10/ ... framework/

from the meeting............

“support and accelerate the nation’s ongoing voluntary market-based broadcast television transition to NextGen TV,” as described by FCC Secretary Marlene Dortch when introducing the meeting’s nine-item agenda.

[zippy]

And there are additional thorny questions that the Commission is going to have to address.
Consumers are clearly concerned about the use of encryption technologies also referred to as digital rights
management. This impacts both whether audiences will be able to continue to enjoy free over the air
television as they do today and the impact of privately established standards on the equipment market.
Technology should not be a bottleneck to innovation

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments ... 5133A3.pdf