Network TV Chiefs Join White Spaces Debate

NETWORK CHIEFS JOIN WHITE SPACES DEBATE
[SOURCE: tvnewsday, AUTHOR: Harry A. Jessell]
In an open letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, the heads of the companies that own the Big Four broadcast TV networks said they were concerned that permitting unlicensed wireless devices to share the TV broadcast spectrum could cause interference and "permanent damage" to over-the-air TV. "Interference in the digital world will cause a digital picture to freeze and become unwatchable," said Peter Chernin, president and CEO, News Corp.; Robert Iger, president and CEO, Walt Disney Co.; Leslie Moonves, president and CEO, CBS Corp.; and Jeff Zucker, president and CEO, NBC Universal.
http://www.tvnewsday.com/articles/2007/10/10/daily.14/

* Network Chiefs Oppose Mobile Unlicensed Devices
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NC REPS DISS UNLICENSED MOBILE DEVICES
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
According to the National Association of Broadcasters, four more North Carolina representatives, all Democrats, wrote FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to express their concerns about allowing unlicensed mobile “spectrum-sensing” devices, like personal digital assistants and laptops, to share the digital-TV spectrum. An October 3 letter from Reps. David Price, Heath Shuler, Bob Etheridge and Brad Miller says such unlicensed devices should not be allowed, period, citing interference to TV reception that could cause "additional confusion and frustration" in the transition to digital. In September five other members of the North Carolina delegation expressed similar concerns.
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