[SBE] The spectrum grab is not new

[Adrienne Abbott]

Gary wrote: Looks like the gov’t has been planning to get rid of
broadcasting for a long time.  That doesn’t mean we have to let them do it.

 

No, but we do need an audience and it’s no secret that only about 15% of the
country gets their TV over the air these days. And of those 15%, a lot of
the younger audience members are watching their favorite TV shows on their
computers over the alphabet networks’ websites. And Smart TV’s mean they can
pretty much watch what they want when they want. When we boomers are gone,
no one will remember black and white TV, sign-offs, test patterns or how to
set up an antenna.

 

Radio??? Good, local news and information radio will be with us a little
longer


Adrienne

 

 

From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of Gary
Stewart
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 7:44 AM
To: 'sbe member discussion mail list'
Subject: [SBE] The spectrum grab is not new

 

 

Looks like the gov’t has been planning to get rid of broadcasting for a long
time.  That doesn’t mean we have to let them do it.

 

 

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<http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/dAmMCAsMegeqwktQfCtGgIfCABxs?format=standard>
Former FCC chief Hundt on board of firm advising FCC on auctions
Reed Hundt, the former Federal Communications Commission chief who said
regulators "decided in 1994 that the Internet should be the common medium in
the United States and broadcast should not be," is involved with a company
that will be advising the FCC on upcoming TV spectrum auctions. Hundt is a
board member of software firm Auctionomics, one of three companies selected
for an advisory role. TVTechnology.com
<http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/dAmMCAsMegeqwktQfCtGgIfCABxs?format=standard>
(3/28)

 

 

 

And then I saw somewhere in today’s news where someone was pointing out that
if we are forced to find spectrum to share with another broadcaster we could
be competing with their mobile services for that space.

 

 

Gary Stewart

Engineering Dept.

Cornerstone TV

412-824-3930

 

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