FCC Expected To Call For More Comment On Spectrum, Set Tops
Broadband Plan Delay Gives Agency Time To Gather Stakeholder Replies
John Eggerton -- Multichannel News, 1/12/2010 1:30:56 PM
Look for the Federal Communications Commission to officially ask stakeholders to weigh in with reply comments on its inquiries into spectrum reclamation and set-top boxes, to issues of keen interest to broadcast and cable outlets.
As part of its information collection for the national broadband plan, the commission issued requests for comment on how it might reclaim some spectrum from broadcasters, and on how set-top boxes might be reingineered to combine broadand and cable video.
The commission is contemplating the former move to free up more spectrum for wireless broadband, and the latter to boost broadband adoption since about 99% of the country has a TV set, while the percentage of housholds with computers is about 75%.
But with the Feb. 17 deadline for its plan to Congress, the commission only had time for comments and not for the reply comments that allow stakeholders to take aim at the other side's arguments or elaborate on their own.
Broadcasters, for one, have plenty to say about the spectrum reallocation issue, which many see as a threat to their business model going forward
Now with the plan date moved back to March 17, the FCC has time for that reply process.
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