The FCC sought emergency Office of Management and Budget approval...
The FCC sought emergency Office of Management and Budget approval of a DTV order allowing broadcasters to use distributed transmission systems (DTS) to fill in their coverage areas after the analog cutoff. In a notice published in Monday’s Federal…
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Register, the commission said it wants the OMB to speed up processing of the information collection requirements, seeking approval from the office by Jan. 5. The DTS order was approved by commissioners Nov. 3 (CED Nov 5 p4), the agency said. FCC Form 301 is being revised to accommodate the filing of DTS applications, it said. “Emergency OMB approval is necessary for this collection to allow full-power DTV stations to use DTS technologies to meet their statutory responsibilities and begin operations on their final, post-transition (digital) channels by their construction deadlines.”