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FCC TV Spectrum Reallocation: Win-Win Plan?

Posted by Barlow Keener

Starting in 1996, the FCC began the work of moving TV broadcasters from analog to digital TV.   At the time it was anticipated that TV stations would use their spectrum to deliver additional, unspecified non-broadcast- type services.  In 1998, the FCC prescribed a rule (47 CFR 73.624(g )), following the 1996 Telecom Act, allowing TV [...]