‘Major shortcoming’ of FCC Chmn. Powell’s plan to spur DTV (CD Ap...
“Major shortcoming” of FCC Chmn. Powell’s plan to spur DTV (CD April 5 p1) is that it would allow cable systems to use HDTV cable channels to meet requirement for cable carriage, group of broadcasters said in ex parte…
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filing at FCC. Filing by key broadcast executives representing 99 local DTV stations, including Benedek COO James Yager and LIN TV CEO Gary Chapman, said: “Because cable penetration in our country is 70% and the digital transition will not be complete unless there is 85% broadcast digital penetration, cable carriage of local broadcast stations’ innovative digital programming -- whether a single HDTV stream or multiple streams of programming -- during the DTV transition is essential. We also believe it is essential that cable systems not be allowed to strip out other innovative services that broadcasters develop for their digital capacity.”