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ITIF: Broadcasters Should Have to Share Channels, Period

Submitted: September 13, 2011 - 3:37pm
Last updated: September 21, 2011 - 8:38pm
Location:
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), 1101 K Street, NW, Suite 610A, Washington, DC, 20005, United States
Recommendation:
2

Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) Senior Research Fellow Richard Bennett says the Federal Communications Commission should require any broadcaster who does not give up spectrum for auction to share channels, which should give the FCC flexibility to decide whether or not to hold a second incentive auction -- broadcasters want only one -- and should essentially have a second DTV transition because the first one was "botched."

Information Technology and Innovation Foundation Seeks Faster Spectrum Action

Submitted: September 12, 2011 - 4:18pm
Last updated: September 12, 2011 - 4:30pm
Location:
Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC, 20554, United States
Recommendation:
1

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation wants the Federal Communications Commission to "accelerate" the reassignment of spectrum via incentive auctions from what it calls "single-purpose legacy networks," by which it means primarily over-the-air TV, to mobile broadband.

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Date: Sep 13 2011 - 9:30am - 11:00am
Location:
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), 1101 K Street, NW, Suite 610A, Washington, DC, 20005, United States

Spectrum Policy for Innovation

Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
9:30 AM-11:00 AM

The proliferation of new products, devices and networks has prompted a debate about the need to update spectrum policies. In an upcoming report, ITIF will advocate a set of policies that will make more spectrum available for innovative uses. It will propose acceleration of the reassignment of spectrum from legacy single-purpose networks, such as over-the-air TV to high-demand, multi-purpose networks, such as mobile broadband. Incentive auctions, a second DTV transition, clear spectrum rights, and reassignment of government spectrum to public use will be among key recommendations. Please join ITIF for a discussion of these policy issues and recommendations.

Participants:

Richard Bennett
Senior Research Fellow, ITIF

Larry Downes
Senior Adjunct Fellow, TechFreedom

Blair Levin
Communications and Society Fellow, Aspen Institute

Additional participants TBA.

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