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4845 Pearl East Circle, Suite 101, Boulder, CO 80301 (303) 781-5101 PUBLIC MEDIA VENTURE GROUP November 2, 2020 VIA ECFS Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 45 L Street, NE Washington, DC 20554 Re: Ex Parte Presentation in GN Docket No. 16-142, MB Docket Nos. 20-74, 20-145 Dear Ms. Dortch: On October 30, 2020, Marc Hand, CEO of Public Media Venture Group (“PMVG”), Vincent Curren, Advisor for PMVG , John Lawson, President of Convergence Services, Inc. (“CSI”), an advisory firm to PMVG, Anya Shetler, Senior Consultant to CSI, and Kevin Curtin, of Counsel to CSI, met by videoconference with Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, Commissioner Rosenworcel’s Policy Advisor for Media, Kate Black, and Commissioner Rosenworcel’s intern, Anna Hevia. The parties discussed PMVG’s efforts to facilitate the transition among public television stations to the next generation television broadcast standard, ATSC 3.0, and some of the ways public television stations may use ATSC 3.0 and single frequency networks to deliver additional services to the public beyond linear television. Consistent with its comments in the Broadcast Internet proceeding, PMVG explained that, both as a matter of law and policy, such public service uses should not be subject to the fee for ancillary or supplementary services. Pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206(b)(2), a copy of PMVG’s written presentation is attached hereto. Sincerely, /s/ Mark Hand /s/ Marc Hand Chief Executive Officer [email protected] 4845 Pearl East Circle, Suite 101, Boulder, CO 80301 (303) 781-5101 Meeting with FCC Commissioner Rosenworcel October 30, 2020 Agenda • Introductions • Mission • Conditions for ATSC 3.0 launch • Beta deployments • Exploration of policy alignment o Digital divide o Remote learning o Local news o Advanced emergency alerting Meeting Participants PMVG – Leadership • Marc Hand, CEO • Vinnie Curren, Strategic Advisor Convergence Services, Inc – Advising PMVG • John Lawson, President • Anya Shetler, Senior Consultant • Kevin Curtin, of Counsel The Public Media Venture Group WHO: 32 public media organizations 130 stations 240 million Americans WHAT: Business and technology development group FOCUS: Technology and media opportunities leveraging Next Gen TV (ATSC 3.0) Stations in the Public Media Venture Group • Arkansas PBS – Statewide • KVIE – Sacramento, CA • WCTE – Cookeville, TN • Alabama Public Television – • Nebraska Network – Statewide • WETA – Washington, DC Statewide • New Mexico PBS – Statewide • WFYI – Indianapolis, IN • Colorado Public Radio/PBS12 – • Nine • WGBH – Boston, MA Denver, CO • Network – St. Louis, MO • WJCT – Jacksonville, FL • Houston Public Media – Houston • OPB – Portland, OR • WNET – New York, NY • Iowa PBS – Statewide • Public Media Group of Southern • WOSU – Columbus, OH • Kansas City PBS – Kansas City, MO California – Los Angeles, CA • WTTW – Chicago, IL • KCTS-TV – Seattle, WA • SCETV – Statewide • Kentucky Educational Television – • UNC-TV – Statewide (NC) Statewide • Utah Education Network – • KERA – Dallas, TX Statewide • KPBS – San Diego, CA • Vegas PBS – Las Vegas, NV • KQED – San Francisco, CA • VPM – Richmond, VA Conditions Needed for Launching ATSC 3.0 • Capital funding • Spectrum for simulcasting • Public TV duopolies – first to launch • Channel sharing with commercial stations • Low Power TV partnerships • Low-cost STB converter boxes (“Gateways”) • Service and business rationales PMVG is working to… • Help stations transition to ATSC 3.0 and other scalable technologies • Develop shared infrastructure and platforms that are beyond the capacities of any one public TV station • Create new revenues and services that benefit PMVG stations and that can extend to the full public broadcasting system • Raise the capital needed to support PTV transitions, business development and full participation in the infrastructure platforms associated with 3.0 NextGen TV Beta Projects in Development – Stations and Potential Partners • Virginia Public Media – K-12 and Community Colleges • New Mexico PBS – Indian schools and reservations • Kentucky Educational Television – K-12 • South Carolina ETV – K-12 • UNC-TV – K-12 • Nebraska Educational TV – NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory Use Case: Remote Learning Remote Teaching And Learning: THECATALYSTDIFFERENCE.COM Consulting ∙ Training ∙ Research What’s Missing From the Conversation Development of Home Media Hubs • Multiple tuners, ATSC 1.0 and ATSC 3.0 • Wi-Fi connectivity in home • Cellular return path • Significant memory for pre-positioning content • Security and privacy protection • Ease of installation and use • Affordable price point Learning Software Development • Ease of use for teachers and students • Graphical user interface for beginning readers • Ability to upload, pre-position, and manage learning media files • Integration of back channel, where available • Easy integration with existing learning management systems Use Case: Local News New Models for Local News with NextGen TV • PMVG has initiated the Public Media Mergers project • Nine public media entities that acquired or merged with local digital news services, such as WAMU’s acquisition of The Dcist • Creating models mergers that can be replicated in other markets. • Next step: National Trust for Local News • Objective: Public service application of 3.0 Broadcast Internet Use Case: Advanced Alerting UX Prototype 17 NOAA/NSSL and NET Potential Collaboration National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK Discussion • Mission • Conditions for ATSC 3.0 launch • Beta deployments • Exploration of policy alignment o Digital divide o Remote learning o Local news o Advanced emergency alerting Contact Information Marc Hand PMVG CEO [email protected] +1 (303) 781-5101 John Lawson CSI President [email protected] +1 (703) 347-7070.
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