FCC Grants OVS License for Austin.(Federal Communications Commission; open-video-system license to LyncStar Integrated Communications for Austin, Texas service)

Multichannel News, January, 1999 by ESTRELLA, JOE

DENVER -- The Federal Communications Commission has granted Colorado-based LyncStar Integrated Communications LLC an open-video-system license to serve Austin, Texas. The OVS license will allow the SMATV (satellite-master-antenna-TV) operator to serve some 3,000 multiple-dwelling units in the area, while getting around Time Warner Cable's objections to its entry into the market.

LyncStar CEO Alex Burney said last week that the company has already begun installing its fiber optic plant in the city's rights-of-way, and it plans to have 1,000 units up-and-running by the end of this month. Under the FCC's OVS rules, LyncStar will not need a traditional cable franchise, but it must adhere to all of the same local requirements imposed on Time Warner....

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