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On January 19, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Report and Order adopting technical changes to the agency’s rules pertaining to the use of a distributed transmission system (DTS), or single frequency network (SFN), by broadcast television stations. Specifically, the Commission’s Report and Order replaces the current, subjective “minimal amount” standard governing DTS signal “spillover” beyond a station’s authorized service area with an objective “bright-line” approach that the agency believes will provide the regulatory certainty needed to promote DTS deployment. The Report and Order also removes the requirement that Class A, low power television (LPTV) and television translator stations must apply for DTS facilities on an experimental basis, and adopts specific technical requirements governing such stations’ use of DTS transmitters. The Commission states that i