FCC Broadband Plan Threatens Millions of TV Viewers
Minimum of 210 full power TV stations could go dark
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If this type of legislation passes it could have dire results for people in Hawaii choosing to go with the FREE over the air broadcast TV option.
Recently several of Hawaii's OTA channels have started using their secondary channel feeds to deliver additional free content.
Even if you are a cable subscriber, you should support the effort to keep the TV airwaves free for our local TV channels.
Minimum of 210 full power TV stations could go dark
Forty percent of full power local television stations in the U.S. could have to vacate their current TV channel assignment under the FCC's National Broadband Plan, and a minimum of 210 of those stations could go off the air permanently, according to an NAB analysis released today.
The NAB analysis found that 672 of the nation's 1735 full-power TV stations must be "cleared" from channels 31-51 to accommodate the FCC's goal of reclaiming an additional 120 MHz of spectrum from broadcasters. During the analog-to-digital TV transition two years ago, only 174 stations had to be cleared from channels 52-69 and forced to move to a new channel.
The NAB analysis found that 672 of the nation's 1735 full-power TV stations must be "cleared" from channels 31-51 to accommodate the FCC's goal of reclaiming an additional 120 MHz of spectrum from broadcasters. During the analog-to-digital TV transition two years ago, only 174 stations had to be cleared from channels 52-69 and forced to move to a new channel.
http://www.nab.org/documents/newsRoo...se.asp?id=2579
(Free content - no paywall)
You might also want to get more information from:
http://www.thefutureoftv.org
Take action to support keeping the airwaves free:
http://www.thefutureoftv.org/action.asp
If this type of legislation passes it could have dire results for people in Hawaii choosing to go with the FREE over the air broadcast TV option.
Recently several of Hawaii's OTA channels have started using their secondary channel feeds to deliver additional free content.
Even if you are a cable subscriber, you should support the effort to keep the TV airwaves free for our local TV channels.
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