http://www.current.org/2013/01/coalition-of-broadcasters-who-want-to-sell-spectrum-file-comments-with-fcc/ For people in public media Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:09:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.current.org/2013/01/coalition-of-broadcasters-who-want-to-sell-spectrum-file-comments-with-fcc/#comment-1088 Coalition of broadcasters that want to sell spectrum file comments with FCC | Current.org | Surfing the Broadband Bit Stream | Scoop.it Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:30:08 +0000 http://www.current.org/?p=27406#comment-1088 [...] The Expanding Opportunities for Broadcasters Coalition, a group of 39 broadcasters willing to sell spectrum rights, filed comments with the FCC on Thursday. Among its recommendations, reports Broadcasting & Cable, is that the FCC make the upcoming spectrum auctions more attractive to stations by not limiting wireless bidders, or restricting which stations may share spectrum after the auctions are complete. “We told the FCC that when they think about what they’re going to pay these willing stations, they should think about the value of the spectrum for the wireless, not the broadcasting business,” coalition Executive Director Preston Padden told Ad Week. Over the past few weeks, TVNewsCheck notes, the National Association of Broadcasters has been saying that plans for a 2014 auction may be too ambitious. However, Padden told the media site, the NAB “appropriately is focused on the vast majority of stations who will remain in broadcasting, and our coalition is focused on broadcasters who want to participate in the auction if they can get fair value for their spectrum.” Click headline to read more–  [...]

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