The Department of Defense didn’t consult with NAB before proposing...
The Department of Defense didn’t consult with NAB before proposing to share spectrum in the 2025-2110 MHz band, home of the Broadband Auxiliary Service, said the association in an FCC ex parte filing (http://bit.ly/18Wux9l). Although NAB said it’s willing to…
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work with DOD, the association pointed out that NTIA had evaluated the possibility of sharing the BAS and “concluded repeatedly for various systems that sharing was not possible.” Broadcasters “make full use of this spectrum, as it is essential to our newsgathering efforts, especially in times of crisis,” said NAB. The commission should also not rely on “faulty or undercounted estimates of over-the-air viewership,” NAB said. CEA released a study showing falling over-the-air numbers earlier last week that met with a negative NAB reaction (CD July 31 p15). NAB prefers a GfK study that showed an increase in over-the-air viewership (CD June 21 p20), said the filing. “Broadcast only levels are even higher among minority, low income and younger households and minorities make up 41 percent of all broadcast only households."