[mythtv-users] ATSC 3 and DRM

[Jay Foster]

On 5/7/20 11:54 AM, Ian Evans wrote:
> On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 1:27 PM Gary Buhrmaster 
> <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com <mailto:gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 4:46 PM Ian Evans <dheianevans at gmail.com
>     <mailto:dheianevans at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     >
>     > It'll be interesting to see how many stations/networks block
>     recordings when things move to ATSC3.
>     >
>
>     The "primary" feed for ATSC 3.0 will need
>     to be free-to-air (per current regulations),
>     just like today (although things do get
>     complicated when stations share a transmitter,
>     as many will be during the initial stages of
>     roll-outs, but for at least the network
>     affiliates, their DMA designation (exclusivity)
>     will require FTA at least for now, and most
>     stations want to keep that network content
>     monopoly that results in large payments by
>     others).
>
> [snip]
>
> Canadian here, so not up on FCC regs, but I think I knew the main 
> channel had to be FTA. But my question was more about the "copy" flags 
> in ATSC3 DRM. So NBC OTA affiliates have to air NBC FTA but can the 
> network set the ATSC3 "copy none" flag on their main channel to stop 
> Myth, Tablo, etc from recording, say, /SVU/ and football?
>
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I do not know the answer to that and I suspect no one does (time will 
tell).  If the copy none flag does come to pass, the broadcaster will 
lose me as a viewer.

Jay

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