The FCC should let low-power and Class A stations use newer DTV t...
The FCC should let low-power and Class A stations use newer DTV technologies with such features as the ability to send video to mobile phones, the Community Bcstrs. Assn. (CBA) told aides to Chmn. Martin and Comrs. McDowell and…
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Tate late last week, said a lawyer for the group. CBA members want an “advanced” way to use existing method VSB to broadcast, said attorney Peter Tannenwald. Another topic: “Problems with Mexican coordination of digital applications near the border,” he said. U.S. broadcasters located near the border can’t send fully in DTV until Mexico approves a process they use called DTV flash cuts. That review is taking a long time, he said. CBA used the meetings to press for the exclusivity full power broadcasters enjoy. If the FCC doesn’t issue a notice of proposed rulemaking, as CBA asked, the agency could be sued, a Fri. ex parte filing said: “The petition asks only for the ability to enforce rights that have been privately obtained in commercial negotiations.” A court could find a laggard rulemaking is an Administrative Procedure Act violation, CBA said. Officials pressed NTIA to let set-top box makers build devices that let customers upgrade the units at their own expense, he said: “Otherwise, subsidized boxes could become obsolete in a short time, and if they are discarded, the government’s money will not have been well spent.” The value of an NTIA box subsidy program is pegged at $1.5 billion (CD Aug 8 p4).