This week, the FCC’s recent ruling became official as it’s now published in the Federal Register. This means that the 60 day comment period begins today.
As I note in in my latest video, there isn’t as much for the public to respond to as there was before. The broadcasters, however, have a lot to answer in regards to how they’ve been handling the DRM situation. More on that here.
Tyler the Antennaman and I are recommending that if you decide to submit written testimony on the docket to include photos of yourself along with the encryption messages you’re receiving when trying to tune DRM protected content. This can come from either your HDHomerun device or some of the other ATSC 3.0 tuners that require an Internet connection. You can see an example based on my filing here. Here’s the photo that I embedded.
One thing I noticed is that the FCC accepts Powerpoint files on the docket that are under 100MB in size. You could embed videos in a Powerpoint presentation in addition to photos.
Before you file, be sure to check out the Antennaman’s latest video about sticking to the facts and submitting information that can be of use to the commission. In my video, I have a step-by-step guide for filing documents on the FCC docket.
You can find the FCC’s electronic filing system here.
More to come. I’ll be monitoring the docket and will let you know when we need to respond to falsehoods.