Faultline has long said that the only way to guarantee the widespread success of the hybrid broadcast technology ATSC 3.0/NextGen TV in the US, and therefore secure the future of broadcasters for decades to come, is for the FCC to mandate the conversion. However, there are strong arguments against such a forced conversion for broadcasters, consumers, and technology suppliers—primarily rooted in costs. One of the advocates opposed to a forced ATSC 3.0 mandate is former FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly, who this week has penned a colorful letter rallying the industry to strongly reject NextGen TV mandates, via the Free State Foundation. For the record, O’Rielly remains a supporter of NextGen TV as a transitional broadcast technology, as he…