ATSC 3.0 allows broadcasters to track consumer viewing habits much like Facebook and Google use today.
Sure wouldn’t want to miss out on that.
Converter box? I literally checked the date on the article, I figured OP was confused.
Why would I pay money for something I don’t use anyway? Lol.
I feel they’ve vastly overestimated the market here.
E: guess I gave up on the article too soon. DRM? What clowns. I’ll stick to self hosting, thanks very much.
No they’re not. All but one major network DRM’d the whole works in my area. They want to turn OTA TV into Cable/Streaming. FCC should force them to give up the public airwaves leased to them for doing that. Make them broadcast over the internet like every other DRM’d pay service.
I lost all interest in it when stations started putting DRM in their over the air channels. It would have been a great upgrade if the FCC would have banned DRM and encryption.
Seems to me like Pirate Television should be really easy these days….
Honestly, operating a private streaming site is much safer than pirate VHF/ UHF broadcasts, both in terms of what you’ll get charged with, and how long you’ll remain undetected. VHF and UHF broadcasts are literal homing beacons (and without something to bounce the signal off, very limited in what you’d reach).
Jellyfin on an offshore VPS, with invite-only accounts otoh…
Nobody wants DRM riddled internet connected broadcast TV! If you have an internet connection and want to fuck with DRM and being spied on, you don’t need a bloody antenna! This whole fucking standard is being foisted on us because Nexstar and Sinclair have a fever dream that people will pay them a monthly fee for premium broadcast TV you need an internet connection anyway to watch, which WILL NEVER HAPPEN
