LPTV GETS DTV GREEN LIGHT

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
Date: September 10, 2004 9:29:38 AM EDT
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] LPTV GETS DTV GREEN LIGHT
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LPTV GETS DTV GREEN LIGHT

2,100 low-power TV stations -- many of which are community-run, 
minority-targeted or religious channels -- and some 4,700 translators 
got a better idea from the FCC how they will fit in the overall 
transition to digital broadcasting. Under the new rules, the low-powers 
will have most of the same opportunities for ancillary and 
supplementary services as full-power stations. So long as the LPTV's 
provide a free service with some of their digital spectrum, they will 
also be able to offer multicast on the rest of their spectrum 
allotment. Low Powers will be able to "flash cut" immediately to 
digital service on their existing channel, or apply for a second 
digital channel to run side-by-side with their analog, as almost all 
full-powers are doing. "Flash cut" applications can be made almost 
immediately, while applications for a second channel will be accepted 
in two filing windows--the first for incumbents, the second for 
newcomers. The FCC has yet to set dates for those. Incumbent filings 
will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, while all 
mutually exclusive applications, which are far more likely in the 
second window, will be settled by auction.

[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton ]
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA451883?display=Breaking+News

<FCC News Release: 
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-251978A1.doc>


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