In 1989, the US government sold TV channels 70–83 for use by mobile phones. In 2006 it sold channels 52–69. In 2016 it sold channels 46–51. I can't find when it sold channels 37–45, but it's now talking about selling channels 28–36.

Between Digital Rights Management and patent problems hurting the rollout of #ATSC 3.0, there looks to be increasingly little spectrum left for Over The Air #television. Oh, and cable TV is dying, too. #OTA

We have less than 2 years in the united states to fight against the transition of terrestrial television to a subscription service.

https://brokensignal.tv/pages/NAB_to_FCC_Shut_Down_ATSC_1_by_2028.html

#usa #fcc #atsc3 #atsc

you won a know what I really fuckin hate? #atsc-3.0 #atsc . I am an analog guy. for example, I will not trust #weather data from the internet. I am a guy who likes to flip on my frs walky to the NOAA weather channel, and get my weather from the good oll NOAA. or, I'll get it, if not available, from AM radio stations.

I also have a TV an tenna that gets me all my channels, from NBC, to the criminal justice channel, to court TV. and I will absolutely stand against atsc. first off, OTA is hard to encrypt on its own. the NSA proved that with a5/1 when they racked that OTA encryption several years ago. second, many consumers, including (but not limited to myself) do not have the hardware needed to support atsc3 channels. and third, you shouldn't have the right to fucking tell me when I can watch something. weather i'm connected to the fucking internet or not shouldn't matter. personally, I equate it to the online safety act but for TVs. also, I know people who live in the middle of nowhere. they can't get internet and don't have the ability to get starlink, whatever reason that may be. #fcc #atsc #atsc-3.0 #brodcasting #tv #television . cc: @ChrisDuffley @lonseidman

If anyone has a line on a free-or-near-free source of flatscreen LCD monitors with ATSC antenna connections, please do let me know. Would like to build a little ‘over-the-air’ TV monitoring studio.

These little LG 24LJ4540s are perfect.

Two dozen of them would be ideal but 12 would be a good start.

#build #ATSC #OTA #TV #Media #MediaMonitor #VIU
https://www.amazon.com/lg-electronics-24lj4540-24-inch-model/dp/b01n2z17ms

✨ 💖💕🌹💐💖 💙💜💖🦋🌺💜🎼 🎶 🎸 Now playing Movie - Dil Se 🛍️ 🌑 🔔 48kHz ATSC version 🎹 📚 📖 🎻🎻 🎼 🎶 ✨ 💖💕🌹💐💖 💙💜💖🦋

#NowPlaying #movie 🎶 #Retro #drama 💫 #LegacyMovie #ATSC

Nothing like having to tell your tuner to rescan because #ATSC tuners are too smart to just lock onto anything and show whatever you got, but too stupid to figure out where the channels are on the fly...

And #ATSC3 aka #NextGenTV is 100% horseshit and I'm kinda glad to see the viewing public just straight up reject it and the DRM that comes with it.

#Television

"The FCC is quietly contemplating a fundamental restructuring of all broadcasting in the United States, via a new DRM-based standard for digital television equipment, enforced by a private “security authority” with control over licensing, encryption, and compliance. This move is confusingly called the “ATSC Transition” (ATSC is the digital TV standard the US switched to in 2009 – the “transition” here is to ATSC 3.0, a new version with built-in DRM).

The “ATSC Transition” is championed by the National Association of Broadcasters, who want to effectively privatize the public airwaves, allowing broadcasters to encrypt over-the-air programming, meaning that you will only be able to receive those encrypted shows if you buy a new TV with built-in DRM keys. It’s a tax on American TV viewers, forcing you to buy a new TV so you can continue to access a public resource you already own.

This may not strike you as a big deal. Lots of us have given up on broadcast and get all our TV over the internet. But millions of American still rely heavily or exclusively on broadcast television for everything from news to education to simple entertainment."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/fcc-must-reject-broadcast-drm

#USA #Trump #FCC #Broadcasting #DRM #TV #Encryption #ATSC