Current shift of TV transmissions to digital from analog ‘is a me...
Current shift of TV transmissions to digital from analog “is a mess,” said Paxson Communications Chmn. Lowell (Bud) Paxson. In Mon. letter to FCC Chmn. Powell, he said: “The heart of that mess is the absence of immediate full…
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digital must-carry” requirement on cable and satellite systems. “Let’s tackle that issue without delay by fully airing the matter” in several days of public hearings at FCC, he wrote Powell: “It is foolish to wait any longer and do nothing.” He first called for FCC hearings year ago in speech before FCBA (CD Feb 22 p6), but Commission didn’t respond. Repeating request, Paxson said TV stations were closing in on DTV construction deadlines “but there is no prospect of cable carriage of these digital signals.”