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Authorizing Permissive Use of the “Next Generation” Broadcast Television Standard
The Federal Communications Commission published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on November 20, 2025. Comments closed on January 20, 2026.
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What the agency says
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks comment on proposed rule changes that would support and accelerate the nation's ongoing market-based broadcast television transition to ATSC 3.0 (or Next Gen TV). The document tentatively concludes that the Commission should eliminate the simulcasting requirement for stations that transition to 3.0, while continuing to permit simulcasting on a voluntary, simplified basis. It also seeks comment on a range of closely related issues and other matters touching on the Next Gen TV transition.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-20437
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule
- Agency
- Federal Communications Commission
- Published
- November 20, 2025
- Comments due
- January 20, 2026
- Dates
- Comments are due on or before January 20, 2026; reply comments are due on or before February 18, 2026. Written comments on the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) proposed information collection requirements must be submitted by the public, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and other interested parties on or before January 20, 2026.
- Docket
- MB Docket No. 16-142; FCC 25-72; FR ID 317663
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 47 CFR 73; 47 CFR 74
- Topics
- Communications equipment; Television
- Pages
- 22
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