Thanks for taking the time to make this video. You make some very excellent points like the letter that was signed by a group of senators. Ill definitely mention it in my upcoming video "Why the FCC should not speed up ATSC 3.0."

@_bob_8170

Жыл бұрын

It will take another government funding program like the switching over to digital back in 2009. Free tv tuner box with a voucher, to get everyone on board.

@AntennaMan

Жыл бұрын

@@_bob_8170 I consider that corporate welfare. Why should the taxpayers pick up the tab to help these multi billion dollar corporations? If they want people to adopt ATSC 3.0, they should pay for it or make their own affordable tuners.

@polarvortex6601

Жыл бұрын

@@AntennaMan i think its going to happen regardless. because people like myself that have an "older" tv prior 2023 will not rush to buy the expensive digital box or tevee

@myobfool

Жыл бұрын

What he points out is that the adoption of ATSC 3.0 can be a conflict of interest for tv stations. If they are getting more money from retransmission fees their incentive to adopt 3.0 is higher. It gives them a very real potential "club" to make OTT less attractive and drive viewers to become streamers. (as they move all the quality product to encrypted DRM or just to streamers. If legislation isn't written to encourage or force broadcasters to make OTT open they most assuredly will CLOSE it by DRM and moving behind the very real paywall that 3.0 gives them.

@JohnWilliams-gy5yc

Жыл бұрын

What do the people get when the governent let the networks *_"streamify_* OTA TV? Given they all have their own streaming apps already! Remove the DRM, people own the frequency spectrum. If they don't want it to be recorded, they can move it to the apps.

“One thing that we have learned is that piracy is not a pricing issue. It’s a service issue, The easiest way to stop piracy is not by putting antipiracy technology to work. It’s by giving those people a service that’s better than what they’re receiving from the pirates.” - Gabe Newell

@CantankerousDave

Жыл бұрын

Ironically, that's why I only buy from DRM-free GOG and not the Steam store.

@robertt9342

Жыл бұрын

@@CantankerousDave. You buy from them on principal, not the lack of service.

@alvallac2171

Жыл бұрын

@@robertt9342 *principle (different meaning)

@KevTheGalaxybender

Жыл бұрын

all day

DRM strikes again. This ultimately hurts those who rely on OTA TV the most.

@robertt9342

Жыл бұрын

If it requires internet, then it’s going to affect advertisers too as this will affect those that watch directly on the television sets.

@trainmaster0217

Жыл бұрын

They want your money, plain and simple. My TV will be sitting out on the curb if that happens. Not going to force me to go back to high priced cable.

@madmax2069

Жыл бұрын

​@@robertt9342 a little research would have told you that it doesn't need an internet connection

@rluhman

Жыл бұрын

It's obvious that with more and more cable subscribers canceling everyday the local broadcasters are looking for ways to regain the lost rebroadcast revenue. Once upon a time local broadcasters were supported by ads. Then Congress allowed them to charge cable companies rebroadcast fees. Then live TV streaming services started up and local broadcasters went to them with their hand out to get rebroadcast fees from them as well. With cable dwindling, the ASTC 3.0 standard gives them the ability for the first time to charge over the air users to watch. They are hoping that will fill the gap left by declining cable TV revenue. They can now use the ASTC 3.0 standard to enforce viewing and DVR rights on over the air viewers. And while an internet connection isn't required by the standard, local broadcasters can require it to aid in enforcing what you can do with the signal, be it view over the air, DVR a program, or view a program on a remote device. The way it stands now unless Congress or the FCC act, consumers will be getting the raw end of the deal under ASTC 3.0. Get ready to say goodbye to unrestricted free over the air content.

@trainmaster0217

Жыл бұрын

@@rluhman So right you are. I remember as a kid when a representative from KDKA used to come around to our neighborhood to help people get access to their signal using antennas. He had various styles in his truck and showed them to the neighbors who could purchase them. IF we lose free viewing rights TV will be a thing of the past for me just like radio. I haven't turned on a radio since I retired 18 years ago and don't miss it.

DRM for over the air channels is a huge mistake

Lon is one of the few tech channels that points out a lot of these consumer injustices. Most people just show the new shiny objects, and of course that's fun and there's a place for that. But the Facebook settlement, network neutrality, drm, data caps... I think that's his ultimate beat

The sad thing is that the younger someone is, the less likely it is that they're even aware that OTA TV is a thing. And when you tell them about it, they'll either ask why you don't just stream it, or think that it's piracy somehow because you're not subscribing to the channel. Not even joking. There's a huge generational gap at work.

@japzone

Жыл бұрын

Heck, even older generations don't realize there's still free broadcast TV, thinking that everything became cable, satellite, and now streaming. I was helping an older friend setup their new TV with a Roku and Netflix, and they were amazed when I showed them that I could shove a paper clip into the RF jack on the back and magically receive HD TV channels. Though they were more enamored by the 480i channels broadcasting reruns of classic shows they grew up with, they still ended up going out and buying a cheap pair of rabbit ears afterwards.

Comcast and other cable companies are money-grubbers. They charge excessive fees and customer service is awful. I cut the cord years ago. We must stop DRM. The Antenna Man is awesome.

As soon as I start thinking of installing a roof antenna to save money on local broadcasts, DRM comes into the field for a curve ball. Let's hope they don't try forcing us to pay for free TV!

Broadcasters need more viewers to support their networks, but then implement things that prohibit people from watching their networks. Make it make sense

@RichardFeist

Жыл бұрын

the video explains that they're making as much or more money now charging for carriage of the content, than advertising. They don't care how many people watch, just that they have subscribers. No wonder 'free' tv sucks now.

Lots of people have DVR's because they don't want to watch live and be forced to watch bud light and phizer ads.

Interesting that broadcasters are allowed to encrypt signals sent over public airwaves .

@michaelcorcoran8768

Жыл бұрын

It's also pretty wild they're able to sell commercial advertising on public airwaves. The entire thing is a racket

@DUA1939

Жыл бұрын

Something that is regulated for public good shouldn't be allowed to operate for profit only. I mean for now it's about not allowing re-broadcasts. But what if they then say well to see this show you have to pay this much? I mean a big chunk of this is to prevent the people who have DVR's from skipping ads. As I indicated in my other comment here. So as always it's all about money.

Corporations: "Gotta have that DRM to prevent you from watching media legally with any flexibility at all" Young People: "K, I'll just go download it without ads." Seriously. DRM has never accomplished anything other than complicating the lives of those who wish to consume media legally...

So basically, corporate interests are going to nerf OTA tv to the point where even that's not worth it. Time to get out my old transistor radio and start listening to broadcasts there instead of using my TV for anything.

Great video on this topic. There are several methods of encryption that can be used for tiered paid OTA services down the road. If DRM can be imposed on the back end like this, and tuners equipped with the decryption keys via software update, then there’s no reason to think other encryption methods can be added in later if broadcasters decide to charge for OTA channels. It’s hard to imagine an internet connection not being a mandatory requirement for NextGen viewing down the road, for tracking viewers’ habits, decryption key updates, etc. With broadcasters only required to provide the one main channel signal free (and lobbying the FCC to eliminate this rule, if they haven’t already done so), it’s concerning to think of the possibility of previously free subchannels being offered for a fee.

@polarvortex6601

Жыл бұрын

yup this is where all this is going. the cable model over the OTA signals and let me remind you that we are already paying taxes to the FCC for these signals

The Senate letter reads toothless. Also, the industry facing new hurdles is not MY problem. Allowing DRM in the standard is the camel's nose under the tent. The watermark, or "bug" is for ownership identification, -simple. This is a national standard. Therefore OF COURSE market forces will make it a paywall. If DRM is broadcast on FOTA TV, it's goodbye antenna and damn you FCC for wasting our TV bandwidth on FOR PROFIT content. The airwaves are ours, not something for you to sell to the highest bidder.

With so many people cutting the cord these days the cable companies are losing 100’s of customers every day because of the rate increases. I had WOW cable and canceled it because of rates increasing. Now the OTA wants a cut of the pie. nothing for free anymore.

@donbest5024

Жыл бұрын

Theirs nothing wow about WOW it garbage to.

@polarvortex6601

Жыл бұрын

you are paying for the "free" channels with your taxes

@RichardFeist

Жыл бұрын

@@polarvortex6601 how so? I'm not aware of any fee paid by anyone in the USA to use the broadcast TV channels. Show me the tax on free tv. Or are you thinking of the BBC in UK?

@polarvortex6601

Жыл бұрын

@@RichardFeist of course that live tv subscription hasnt started yet in the USA but that's the endgame. you will have to pay ONE way or another. either by giving a fee for the right to get the signal over the air or by buying the boxes that can decode the DRM signal. now if you believe that this is all fantasy then time will surely tell if i'm right or wrong. i do pray though that i'm wrong but the way things are going.....

If certain channels are supposed to remain free over the air, then how are cable companies allowed to charge for them? The FCC either needs to say they should free for all, regardless of how it's received, and no DRM, or just cave in already and sell off the rest of the airwaves to these stupid cell companies. Tired of everything being half-assed.

For those that don't have internet, they may have bought an ATSC 3.0 box that doesn't support encryption without a firmware update. They're probably kind of screwed if any/all of their local stations start using ATSC 3.0 DRM. (Unless ATSC 3.0 boxes can have their firmware updated over the air without internet, I admit I don't know much but I doubt that.)

@penultimatename6677

Жыл бұрын

Zapperbox has said they will swap boxes if they can't remote add the encryption keys.

I see that the future of broadcast TV could either be local channels being nothing but commercials and news OR it could be news + commercials + years old reruns of canceled shows that were previously found only on a streaming service. I'd like to see broadcast watchers not left behind with programing. As for DRM, it could be used to introduce pay TV. I do not like pay TV and DRM but it could work and I would begrudgingly support it (I wouldn't pay or use any of the pay TV broadcast services ) if it were on the sub-channels for premium content like PPV sports and movies or interactive weather app etc.

My local NBC and Fox stations are encrypted. Completely unwatchable with my HDHomeRun Flex 4K. It's ridiculous.

Good job spreading the word. The DRM splash was good to draw eyes to the subject.

This is like Japan with B-CAS card, though in Japan a TV without B-CAS means you cant watch anything, in short every channels there are encrypted.

@polarvortex6601

Жыл бұрын

we are not japan,dude

Excellent reporting on a very important subject,and yes Tyler the antenna man and yourself cover it best. Sadly these Broadcasters are very rich and powerful so we should prepare for anything.

We shall see what happens when the tuners are set up to decode the signals but definitely I’m against DRM on the main TV channels and then again, kind of difficult when you have several rotten apples, spoiling it for the whole bunch

@tilu3303

Жыл бұрын

Piracy is just a red herring to hide the real motive of ultimately controlling what you can watch and when and where.

Thank you for the heads up on this.

Interesting video Lon.

I see the movement to having original content only on paid services continuing to spread, and it may well be a few years down the line where the only things broadcast over the air will be purely local (news) and reruns of shows that originated on streaming services (with at least a few years' lag).

@hammer86_

Жыл бұрын

I agree, but I think the only OTA programs will be local news and infomercials.

I cut the cord about a year ago! Cable got too expensive along with the cell phone and the service got worse. So T Mobile had a good deal with phone service with internet. Bought a good outside Antenna now have 22 OTA channels, I live in the mountains and depend on Translators . I guess as prices go up the less tv ill be watching! I was excited about ATSC 3.0 , maybe able to receive better and maybe getting the ABC affiliate but now it sounds like money talks!

Didn’t think the quality of local broadcasts could get any lower and cheesier. With DRM even less people will watch.

@oubrioko

Жыл бұрын

No skin off their back. They figure that OTA viewers will just continue to watch the ATSC 1 simulcast. OTA viewers are small potatoes to local broadcasters anyway

@Mr01dschool

Жыл бұрын

​@@oubrioko​ Then take away the licenses they are provided freely to use those broadcast frequencies or charge them a huge fee for each license. If they don't want to use the publicly owned OTA frequencies properly then they shouldn't be able to use them for free.It's a shame our Government is so corrupt that they will fail to hold these broadcast companies accountable.

@oubrioko

Жыл бұрын

@@Mr01dschool As long as they don't violate any existing regulatory rules, there is no legal way to threaten their license.

I thought Over The Air TV was protected because many people live in rural or remote areas. So, I guess that means I have to get internet connection to watch OTA Free Channels?

@Stache987

Жыл бұрын

My concern exactly.. I live far enough away that I need 3 antennas as one won't do, NNW (60 mi hi-vhf) NE (50 mi uhf) and E (50 mi uhf) aiming, thus a signal combining device also would be necessary. And if the device requires a internet connection initially is it going to go by the IP address my Internet provider attached me to, 320 miles away in Minneapolis, or worse, Indianapolis showed up in the last week... We're all doomed.. (BTW the communications monopoly co-op {I don't use} here is almost double for the slowest connection vs other larger providers, I'm suspecting they are losing customers and keep jacking the price up to make up for lost customers)

Easy to record a drm program have a hd camera face the TV screen

Thank you Lon...good stuff

They just killed their own new service. Oh, well.

The consumer will only pay so much and no more regardless of how it's distributed.

Though I don't agree with DRM on "free" content, I can see a potential use for it on "Premium" content if some of these "Streaming Services" are considering the potential for transmission over the airwaves, I know the hardware/software isn't there yet to support that, but perhaps it'll be available in the near future.

How long before we need drm ready monitors to watch protected content on a PC?

@harrybaque5502

Жыл бұрын

They are actively working on it.

I think it would be hard to get many people to fight this, most people under the age of 40 get their content via streaming services and people over 60 hate change and commonly stick with cable or sat TV.

What's most important to me is the ability to skip commercials, especially when the commercial breaks are 5 minutes long.

Broadcasters don't want to lose out on all the fees they collect from cable and streaming services. Corporate greed knows no bounds. They've been riding on the Santa Claus train for a long time. In the good old days of free antenna TV, the only thing viewers had to endure were the endless ads for cigarettes, headache pills, and toothpaste. Look at how many endless ads we have to endure now in addition to fees for anything they can think of. Last time I had cable I think it was $10. a month for HD! Crazy! OTA should be free.

It's going to be another reason that 3.0 fails

Thanks for sharing.

ThanksMuch !..Lon

If they want to encrypt, let ‘em, they’ll lose even more viewers. They are times I hope ATSC 3.0 goes the way of AM stereo.

@madmax2069

Жыл бұрын

*FM/AM HD is a far greater flop than AM stereo.

Living in the Boston area using a hdhomerun duo flex I am able to watch those 3 channels you mentioned required atsc 3.0. Does that mean I’ve already gotten the firmware upgrade?

Well, I predict some day there will not be any free OTA TV. We will have to pay some fee to watch live TV. It is just a matter of time and how greedy the broadcasters get with their decoding. Plus have to buy newer TV's or Tuners. I also feel that OD streaming venues will have contracts like cable TV and have to pay penalties if you are one of those that like to bunny hop from one streaming service to another. I hope I am wrong, but don't be surprised if anything like above happens.

If Silicon Dust doesn’t get licensed then millions of TV’s out there, even new TV’s being sold now, will be useless for broadcast TV

We'll never have DRM here in the UK the plan is to go fully iptv in the future it seems but as for recording shows this isn't really an issue as all tv's incorporate on demand services for all ahows on at least the main channels plus others. Don't ABC NBC etc have on demand built in to smart tv's there ?

Will broadcaster's be able to block the skipping of commercials when shows are recorded onto a DVR? Good chance that shows recorded on to a DVR will be tied to that DVR and cannot be played back using other devices or software.

This is so stupid, In the Miami market I can watch CBS on channel 4.1 on my HDHomerun ATSC 3.0, but can't watch it on channel 104.1 which is HEVC. If they are worried about rebroadcasting what is the difference. Since most people don't have ATSC 3.0 anyway.

@KayakFishingAddict

Жыл бұрын

When ATSC 3.0 gets adopted they'll sunset ATSC 1.0 and you won't be able to do that. That's why all of these tests are going on right now. The broadcasters are already lobbying for a sunset date as "it's too expensive to broadcast both signals."

@polarvortex6601

Жыл бұрын

@@KayakFishingAddict yup

How are you getting audio on the hd homerun? all my pc's the app for my samsung, the roku, and the pc, both the hd homerun, and the plex get no audio. I have installed klite, and cccp and still no audio. It works on my Note 20 fine. what am i doing wrong?

@KayakFishingAddict

Жыл бұрын

ATSC 3.0 uses Dolby AC-4. Silicon Dust has a proxy that transcodes ATSC 3.0 audio to AC-3. So when you use Silicon Dust's app on a device that does not natively support Dolby AC-4, it sends the audio up through the proxy (internet) service, and the transcoded audio is sent back to the player. That's why we're hearing audio.

@jrmandy

Жыл бұрын

@@KayakFishingAddict I cant seem to get it to work on anything non mac or droid. am i doing something wrong? It works on my ipads, and cell phones But not on my pc's or my televisions Samsung, LG, TCL, Roku I also cannot seem to record my ATSC channels as Plex doesnt add them to the lineup. Tried Jelly Fin, no audio.

I've been waiting to be added to your group I sent a request a couple of weeks ago or longer and wondering why I haven't been accepted or anyting

Dude I know and Univision will be a problem I was able to get Telemundo and krca. I live in LA and it is an issue for Spanish speakers that want to check out what people are being told. I don't care for dvr functions for now cuz it is ota.

I posted on both previous videos on antenna man. I will be using a TV tuner card on the computer. The tuner software might not have to handle the drm decoding. The card itself would decode it, so the restrictions could be ignored in this case. I make sure I get hdc compliant items.

DRM is meant to kill 3.0. They’re fine with 1.0 because it’s so fragile. They want more people paying into those retransmission fees. Fragile ATSC 1.0, or stable Cable TV? That’s what they’re pushing. In my area WSMV launched several LPs to cover 1.0. I can get one of them. Seems like, no pun intended, mixed signals. They want to support 1.0, but encrypt a better system. A system that would mostly rid the need for repeaters/translators. In the end the major owners still want you paying them to carry that local station. Perhaps having OTA as a backup. A fragile one.

The more I see the broadcsters doing antics like this, the more I am glad I axed tv years ago here in Canada

This is exactly why I have almost 10,000 pirated movies and nearly 15,000 tv shows!

I'm from the UK, I'm sick and tired of having all these different channels popping up to pay for different content, when you add it all up it becomes expensive, the way things are going it won't be long before you have to pay for every channel. Companies have now realised that instead of using a Company like Virgin Media to host the channel, these individual companies can deliver content direct and charge more. Just greed. If they didn't charge as much more people would sign up

Should I get rid of my hdhomerun 4k tuner and wait for a new one?

Due to how ATSC 3.0 operates (it's like a one way internet connection), it'll just get the license, or encryption key update from over the air. The only thing requiring the internet is customized ads. Lmao, local sports is pretty much already an only a streaming thing, or cable TV thing, about the only kind of sports you can see OTA is football, I have yet to see baseball on OTA in years.

It has come to light that Scripps purchased Tablo for $14 Million in January of 2022. This was recently reported by The Verge and MSN

Let's all just use ATSC 1.0 and let the broadcasters know we won't upgrade!!

@AntennaMan

Жыл бұрын

That's what I'm thinking

@H.T.2forever

Жыл бұрын

Although I suspect the broadcasters will argue that there's really no reason not to upgrade. As the issue of encryption and DRM only affects equipment and apps that allow for DVR and out of home streaming of 3.0 broadcasts. Devices and apps that allow only live TV viewing of 3.0 broadcasts like the 3.0 tuners built into TV sets will not be affected.

@oubrioko

Жыл бұрын

They are going to eventually sunset the ATSC 1 signal. Refusing to use ATSC 3 doesn't really hurt the broadcaster as much as you think

@donbest5024

Жыл бұрын

ATSC 1.0 is garbage.

@AntennaMan

Жыл бұрын

@@donbest5024 It's actually not too bad if you have a decent antenna setup. I found most people who have problems with it are using a junk antenna from Amazon.

I can see it working only if the DRM is a standard shared between all networks on nextgen and that third parties are able to be certified at no cost. DVR could still definitely work just it would be encrypted only to devices that are certified to view the content. Much like how Vudu works with its library. Will be interesting to see what goes down.

curious. can a regular antennae receive these signals. I'm not talking about an hd homerun or anything. But can a regular antennae get it and show it on a tv.

@GeorgeN-ATX

Жыл бұрын

There's a digital converter built into your TV [unless your TV is very old]. I am not at all sure what kind of technology these TV's have maybe it's only ATSC 2.0? Lon could almost certainly answer this better than I can!

@igeekone

Жыл бұрын

Yes, but you'll still need an ATSC 3.0 tuner. The latest, higher end, TVs have it built-in. Otherwise, you'll have to get an external ATSC 3.0 tuner box. ZapperBox M1 is one of them. It's pricey, but should come down in price as time goes by.

@LonSeidman

Жыл бұрын

it's not so much the antenna as it is the decoder - if your TV has the decoder it can work with it but if not it won't be able to receive it.

Encrypting OTA is absolutely ridiculous and totally unacceptable!

I'd like to know how this will affect cross-border viewing in border markets like Buffalo, NY; Detroit, MI; and Seattle, WA.... plenty of Americans occasionally watch Canadian stations for their sports coverage (like how the CBC covers the Olympics), and likewise with Canadians enjoying American stations. Will the viewers be locked-out of viewing the other country's signals?

I noticed in the lists like sinclair's, it didn't say the amount are "in billions". It looks like in the thousands.

Here's a good video idea for you lon. Electric car makers like Tesla are refusing to include a.m. radio in their vehicles. I guess TV didn't kill the radio Star it was EV.

Maybe we should strike to watch ota now idk 😶 too much complications

I hope someone can anser a question that's been bugging me. TV are ratings based. Why sre broaddcasters charging cable companies and other distributors money to carry thrir signals? If a cable vompany is carrying their signal, then it would make sense that the channel eould get higher ratings. What am I missing here?

Thank you. We need a real user of the ADTH nextgen-tv tuner to give us some hope it works. Please test your ADTH built in version 1.0 digital tv tuner for it's ability to hold old school tv channels also.

I'm so pissed off at this

A while ago I thought about buying a new tv. Bigger screen, better picture, hopefully better sound. But then I noticed I don't watch many channels, and have removed several channels I no longer watch. Also, with the repackaging of the UHF band a few years ago, several channels moved their antennas, so I lost more channels. The quality of program content has gone down over the years, to point where I basically watch only PBS these days. Do I really want to buy a new tv to watch a rerun of "the Bachelor", or Judge Judy" in 4 k?

Hello from Ellington.

The future of broadcast TV is reality shows and infomercials.😭

You can get one of them splitters no hdmi out encryption.

We are stumbling into State owned and operated TV very quickly.

@polarvortex6601

Жыл бұрын

fascism/communism du jour

It's all about the rebroadcast fees are way to valuable to them.they make far more from the fees than they will ever make from ads

I just had another thought, drm keys are an issue for the tuner box’s and all the TVs have them because it’s a lot harder to rebroadcast what’s on your tv, than the tuner box piping the feed into your computer. I think it’s silly they think drm will stop pirates, I’m sure they will find ways around. They’ll have to keep playing whack a mole with seizing internet domains.

Any other answer than 'to increase revenue' is blatant deception.

This is OTA we're talking about and they're putting DRM in it? This is such a joke because it's TV, and we just watch, we don't have the ability to record or anything, I just want to watch TV, you do make a good point there but still, it frustrating Edit: oh yeah, this affects advertisers as well hugely, because they show and earn money, if I need to pay for a subscription, don't even bother at all

it's always the news stations with DRM. It's like they want their own content to die out no matter what.

How are they broadcasting the keys?

@polarvortex6601

Жыл бұрын

how a radio gets the signals? the same way, though the broadcasts are encoded sin such a way that you need special hardware and software to decrypt it how a satellite dish receives the encrypted signal? same way, i think

With the exception of local news, there's no shows that I really have to watch and I can find other sources of the news. So go ahead guys, make it harder and you'll lose more and more viewers. Not that you care.

They don't want us using tuner cards to record TV on computers. They HAAAAAAAAAATE that!

It's just a bunch of speculation right now, right now networks are seeing the rebroadcast fee's declining, Comcast was losing just under 7000 customers a day in the first quarter of this year, that's a lot of broadcast fee's being lost from one cable company, not to mention all the other cable companies and live streaming channels losing customers, KZread TV is the only live streaming service not losing customers right now. On NEXTGEN website they say the internet is only needed for interactive TV, and any upgrades to the device, but regular operating changes can be made over the are, the real problem that encrypting wil cause, is the inability to record, but on demand could be in the pipeline, and this might be why they are restricting recording, it will be like other on demand free services, you won't be able to skip commercials, and that's advertising dollars.

Might be a good time to buy a capture card as they can be used to rip mpd streams without decrypting them.

I hope that there won't be subscription or license fees. It feels that they might start charging for over the air broadcast. I hope that the DRM does not collect information.

Broadcast is supposed to be easily accessible by everyone as a public service, this is against that entire concept and punishes the average user and encourages other means of acquiring these supposedly publicly available broadcasts. Whatever their efforts are in this area, they will fail. Honestly, as time marches on fewer and fewer people are going to give a shit about any of the content these companies provide.

I can do without TV just fine. I have hobbies and then there is ROKU. Wondering if they will stop ROKU somehow.

@stuarthirsch

Жыл бұрын

And KZread, some of the best content available and mostly free

They will just force us back to the pre-TV days when we went outside and grilled a burger and played baseball. Of course it will likely be a cricket burger.

This shouldn't happen. If they *_"ALL"_* already have their own streaming app to reap revenue. Why can't people record *_"FREE"_* streaming? What's the point to enable them to "streamify" OTA TV?

"Free TV will always be free" (the content on the other hard........)

I was getting 3.0 next gen I was getting 2-4 -7-29 now I get none 3.0 what bs

I use My TV mostly for Local and Internal News, most of My News come from Ham Radio and Hacking the Radio Spectrum,

This should be illegal. Stations that do this should be fined and risk the loss of their license.

Absence of information creates speculation and rumors. Absence of content availability (where you want it when you want it) creates piracy. When you can get the official content where and when you want it there is no need/market for piracy. Locking down how, when, where people can access and use content will boost the piracy market. i.e. piracy demand.

"contact your local representatives" lol their in on it, who do you think writes the laws and regulations? hint: it's a big club, and you ain't in it

As a 37 year old. This wouldn't even bother me. I haven't watched over the air tv like 5 years or more. Guess there's more important things to then watch tv😅

@polarvortex6601

Жыл бұрын

agreed its all garbage

If I am required to be connected to the Internet, why wouldn’t I just stream?

@0hffs

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Because some people still don't have reliable nor hi speed internet still! Americans have been promised by telecom companies that they will take initiative to provide expansion of their networks but only if the government pays for it, well... congress has done that TWICE with not enough evidence that anything has gotten done.

* ADTH nextgen-tv tuner has no signal power meter. * Nextgen-tv range is shorter in the DC market (rf channel 33) for channels 4-1,5-1,7-1,9-1,WHUT-1. Only getting very short clips on ADTH nextgen-tv tuner only 35 miles out which is totally unwatchable. * Getting all old school version 1.0 tv channels on these same stations so nextgen-tv does not work for my location at this time.