Genachowski: Mobile DTV Needs Spectrum

Outgoing Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski said at the NAB Show that the incentive auction is not “a zero-sum game” and that resisting the reallocation of spectrum from broadcast to wireless broadband may not be in broadcasters’ best interest.

“Mobile is an exciting new opportunity for exactly what broadcasters do — produce great local and national content,” he said at sparsely attended session. Broadcasters should embrace mobile broadband just as they did cable after initially resisting it. “Ultimately, cable was a tremendous boon to broadcasting. There’s every reason to believe the same thing will happen with mobile.”