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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedNAB scrambles to counter new fee threat.(National Association of Broadcasters opposes new digital TV spectrum fee proposed by Clinton administration and Congress)
Broadcasting & Cable, April, 1997 by Fleming, Heather
Budget negotiators want broadcasters to make up shortfall if analog auctions don't meet expectations The National Association of Broadcasters is gearing up its powerful lobbying machine in an attempt to defeat new digital TV spectrum fee proposals. Just when broadcasters thought they had won the battle against paying for digital TV spectrum, congressional budget negotiators are considering forcing broadcasters to cough up money for their digital TV licenses if auctions of the analog TV spectrum don't generate enough money.
Under President Clinton's budget proposal, the analog TV spectrum would be auctioned in 2002 and returned to the FCC in 2006. If the auction does not raise $14.8 billion--which the administration predicts--broadcasters would...
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