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Walmart Selling Low-Cost ATSC 3.0 Receiver
January 5, 2024 |Broadcast

An ATSC 3.0 set-top receiver made by ADTH is available on Walmart’s website, a release from the Advanced Television Systems Committee’s spokesperson said Thursday. The ADTH NEXTGEN TV set-top receiver costs $89.99, according to the website. It's the cheapest ATSC receiver in the pipeline, the ATSC spokesperson told us. We searched; the cheapest 3.0 TV we found on the NextGen TV device shopping guide -- a Sony 43-inch -- carried a $599.99 price tag. The FCC and Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel have repeatedly emphasized concerns about the availability of low-cost ATSC 3.0 receivers (see 2307130057). Walmart’s website also sells a Silicon Dust 3.0 set-top receiver at $199.99, but the spokesperson said the Silicon Dust device is not currently compatible with the digital rights management encryption used by some ATSC 3.0 broadcasters. The ADTH receiver is. ADTH's is the “first certified and security verified device,” the release said. Multiple online campaigns are calling on the FCC to bar broadcasters from encrypting their 3.0 signals with digital rights management (see 2307110073) because they believe it favors certain manufacturers and runs counter to broadcasting's traditional free availability. The issue is a focus of the NAB-run, FCC-involved ATSC 3.0 task force, the Future of TV Initiative (see 2311160064). CES 2024 will include the ADTH model and several other low-cost receivers, the ATSC spokesperson told us.

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Tegna and NBC Renew Affiliation Deal
January 4, 2024 |Broadcast

Tegna and NBC agreed to renew station affiliation agreements for 20 Tegna markets nationwide, including in Atlanta, Seattle and Phoenix, said a Tegna news release Wednesday. The 20 include 10 of the top 25 markets for NBC and cover more than 21 million households, the release said.

D.C. Circuit Dismisses NAB Mandamus as Moot
January 3, 2024 |Broadcast

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit accepted the FCC’s 2018 quadrennial review order and dismissed NAB’s petition for a writ of mandamus as moot, a discharge order Tuesday said (docket 23-1120). NAB had asked the court to compel the FCC to act on the 2018 QR. Both NAB and the FCC requested the dismissal after the agency issued the 2018 QR one day before the court’s Dec. 27 deadline (see 2312280018).

Salem to Delist Stock From Nasdaq
January 2, 2024 |Broadcast

Salem Media Group will voluntarily delist its Class A common stock from the Nasdaq Global Market, the radio broadcaster said Friday in a news release. Salem “anticipates significant financial savings as a result of this decision,” the release said. “In addition, delisting and deregistration provide several benefits to the Company and its stockholders, including lower operating costs and reduced management time commitment for compliance and reporting activities,” it added. Salem anticipates filing a “Form 25 (Notification of Removal of Listing)” on Jan. 8, with the delisting taking effect “no earlier than ten days thereafter,” the release said. The last trading day of its common stock on the Nasdaq “will be on or about January 18, 2024.” Salem expects its stock to be quoted and eventually tradeable “on the OTCQX or other market operated by OTC Markets Group” beginning in January, “pending approval by OTC Markets.”