There’s “tension” between raising money through spectrum auctions over the...
There’s “tension” between raising money through spectrum auctions over the near term and long-term access to broadcast TV, aides to FCC Commissioner Meredith Baker were told at a private lunch last week hosted by the Association for Maximum Service Television,…
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the group said. The ongoing media ownership review emphasizes the number of independent TV stations in a market, while the National Broadband Plan seeks to repurpose 120 MHz of such spectrum for wireless broadband, noted a filing posted Tuesday to docket 10-235. The agency “should reconcile these contradictory valuations” and “as part of a holistic approach to both spectrum and media ownership policies, the Commission should study what effect a reduction of the number of voices in various markets would have on multiple ownership rules,” MSTV said. Also at the lunch were executives from the Association of Public Television Stations, CBS, Ion Media and News Corp. and representatives of companies including Belo, Disney, Meredith and Tribune.