Sennheiser urged the FCC to require the winners...
Sennheiser urged the FCC to require the winners of the upcoming broadcast spectrum incentive auction to compensate the owners of wireless mic equipment that will become obsolete because of the planned spectrum repacking, the company said Wednesday. The repacking will…
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render obsolete wireless mics and monitors that operate in the 600 MHz band, Sennheiser said (http://bit.ly/1hiZ8AQ). “The United States is the number one content creator in the world when it comes to broadcasting, film production and live events,” said Joe Ciaudelli, Sennheiser’s head of spectrum affairs, in a news release Wednesday. “The A/V professionals that produce this content, which is enjoyed by both domestic and international consumers, depend on the 600 MHz frequency spectrum each day. Now they are being told that they must vacate this UHF space, and with no contingency or recourse to recover their equipment investments.” The wireless mics won’t be able to be relocated in the lower portions of the UHF band “because it is already packed with replacement mics for ones rendered obsolete by the 700 MHz reallocation,” Ciaudelli said. “TV stations currently operating in 600 MHz will also be relocated to lower channels, exacerbating the congestion,” said the company, which petitioned the FCC Nov. 4 (http://bit.ly/IpWQBy).