Source: United States Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senators Todd Young (R-IN) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) in sending a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) calling for expedited rollout of the Next Generation Television standard, also known as ATSC 3.0.
“The Next Gen TV standard is essential to the continued vitality and competitiveness of local television broadcasters’ free, local, and trusted service in our communities,” wrote the senators. “This pro-consumer, innovative technology will allow local stations to better serve their viewers with improved pictures and sound, interactive features, including expanded local news, advanced emergency alerting, and the ability to deliver to viewers the content that is most relevant to them, when they want it, where they want it.”
Joining Senators Cramer, Young, and Schatz are Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Susan Collins (R-ME), Mike Braun (R-IN), Peter Welch (D-VT), Angus King (I-ME), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Gary Peters (D-MI), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), John Boozman (R-AR), John Barrasso (R-WY), Steve Daines (R-MT), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Ted Budd (R-ND), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Jon Tester (D-MT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), and John Hoeven (R-ND).
Click here to read the letter.