[SBE] The spectrum grab is not new

[Gary@Schurz]

It's about ownership of spectrum. If broadcasters "own" their RF 
spectrum they have an option. If someone else "owns" the delivery method 
then broadcasters will be at the mercy of an outside entity. This could 
be financially disastrous to individual companies, and the broadcast 
industry as a whole.

Gary O'Guinn
Asst. Chief Engineer
KTUU-TV

On 4/2/2012 7:25 AM, Adrienne Abbott wrote:

>

> 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.

>

> §*Former FCC chief Hundt on board of firm advising FCC on auctions 

> <http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/dAmMCAsMegeqwktQfCtGgIfCABxs?format=standard>

> *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

>

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