Spectrum reallocation proposals floated by FCC broadband staffers...
Spectrum reallocation proposals floated by FCC broadband staffers would handicap broadcasters by preventing them from providing shows in HD as well as multicast programming and mobile TV, industry representatives told commissioners this week. The services “would be thwarted under…
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various scenarios that would marginalize broadcasters’ spectrum resources,” said an ex parte filing on meetings between representatives of the CBS affiliates association and Commissioners Meredith Baker, Mignon Clyburn, Robert McDowell and an aide to Chairman Julius Genachowski. “Broadcasting plays a critical role in the nation’s wireless communications system. In virtually all markets, local television stations are the only source of local video news and emergency alerts.” Rural broadband could be “accommodated with proper engineering” and not hinder TV, representatives of the Association for Maximum Service Television told Commissioner Michael Copps, another ex parte filing said.