Unlicensed Interests Should Buy Out LPTV Before Incentive Auction, Gravino Says
Low-power TV service displacement rights after the TV incentive auction give low-power broadcasters the ability to “homestead” spectrum ahead of unlicensed uses, the LPTV Spectrum Rights Coalition said in an email Tuesday. “Our Coalition predicts that the unlicensed industry will…
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be stopped cold in its tracks for over a decade in its quest for low-band spectrum,” Director Mike Gravino said in the email. “Any attempt to put unlicensed users ahead of LPTV will result in a court case, and a long delay in the auction,” he said. Unlicensed industry companies could prevent LPTV from locking up needed spectrum by supporting “a buy-out of LPTV spectrum for the good of the economy,” Gravino said. The price for LPTV spectrum before the auction will be lower than it will be after, he predicted.