LPTV Programming Should Be Part of NOI, Says Gravino
The FCC should have included discussion of the diverse programming on low-power TV in its notice of inquiry on programming diversity (see 1602180044), said LPTV Spectrum Rights Coalition Director Mike Gravino in an emailed newsletter Friday. “The Commissioners and staff…
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spoke over 22k words yesterday, and not one of them was about LPTV programming,” said Gravino. “The diverse network programmers which air on LPTV and translators, and also air on pay tv platforms, well, they don't count,” he said. By overlooking LPTV and the effect the incentive auction will have on programming diversity, the commission is ignoring “a heck of a lot of independent programming creating content for free over the air broadcasting,” Gravino said.