Sennheiser Makes Case for Unlicensed WMAS
Sennheiser disagreed with part of recent comments by NAB and Paramount on rules for wireless multichannel audio system technologies for wireless mics. “No issues remain with respect to the proposed licensed operation of WMAS,” Sennheiser said, in a filing posted…
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Friday in docket 21-115. Broadcasters go wrong in opposing unlicensed operations, the company said: “Their fears that such operation will interfere with spontaneous electronic news-gathering operations are based on unsupported and extremely unlikely hypothetical scenarios, and it would not be in the public interest to withhold the benefits of this revolutionary technology from unlicensed users, particularly professional theaters and performing arts centers that do not qualify for a wireless microphone license under the Commission’s rules.” WMAS was the subject of a 2021 NPRM (see 2104220056). WMAS has been approved in over 50 countries “and the Commission should move forward with finalizing rules for this proceeding as soon as possible,” Sennheiser said: “Continuing to delay this proceeding runs the risk that the United States will have to play catch up with the rest of the world.”