The Association of Public Television Stations reiterated the...
The Association of Public Television Stations reiterated the importance of universal service as embodied in the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 and offered the FCC recommendations for the design of the spectrum incentive auction and repacking process. The recommendations include…
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measures to “protect universal public TV service,” minimize disruption to the public’s TV service “caused by the repacking process and ensure that stations are made whole in that process” and to provide flexibility and clarity to stations in the design and implementation of the incentive auction, APTS said in a letter in docket 12-268 (http://bit.ly/YqbFIE). APTS also urged the FCC to allow UHF licensees to limit a bid to the VHF band with contingent effective radiated power and height limit waivers, and to provide clear, tailored anti-collusion rules “that account for the unique circumstances of the incentive auction,” it said.