The FCC International Bureau denied Spectrum Five’s petition for reconsideration...
The FCC International Bureau denied Spectrum Five’s petition for reconsideration of the order granting DirecTV authority to construct, launch and operate a 17/24 GHz broadcasting satellite service at 102.825 degrees west. The bureau also denied Spectrum Five’s request to access…
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the U.S. market from a space station in the Netherlands, it said in an order (http://xrl.us/bm93my). Spectrum Five’s proposed station can’t provide U.S. service “without causing harmful interference to the previously licensed DirecTV RB-2 space station located less than one-half degree away,” it said. Spectrum claimed that the bureau inappropriately licensed DirecTV to operate an over-powered space station, the bureau said. It also claimed that the grant gives DirecTV “an unfair competitive advantage over other licensees by allowing it to operate at power higher than the limits in the commission’s rules.” The company’s assertion is based on an erroneous reading of the rules and the DirecTV RB-2 order, the bureau said.