The Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance (ATBA) said the...
The Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance (ATBA) said the FCC doesn’t have the authority to dismantle the low-power TV and translator industries for the broadcast spectrum incentive auctions. ATBA’s membership includes LPTV broadcasters, owners and translator operators, it said in an…
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ex parte filing in docket 12-268 (http://bit.ly/1hxYknM). The commission doesn’t have the authority “to achieve the same result by conducting the auction without consideration of the impact on these vital local services,” it said. ATBA asked for a full rulemaking proceeding on LPTV issues. If the auction is to rely on repacking “feasibility checks” between bidding rounds, commission staff “should be required to assess the net impact on LPTV and translator facilities,” it said. It also called for preservation of diversity and localism, full transparency in the repacking process and other factors.