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FCC Marginalizing LPTV, DTV America Says

The FCC's plans to reallocate broadcast spectrum to wireless use and preserve a vacant band for white space use after the incentive auction will “marginalize and even impair LPTV operators,” low-power TV operator DTV America said in comments posted in…

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docket 15-146 Tuesday. The proposals discourage future investment in LPTV and risk past investments, DTV America said. By putting wireless services ahead of LPTV, the FCC is upending a long-standing priority system, and concentrating spectrum “in the hands of the wealthiest entities,” DTV America said.