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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedCongress disses datacasting.(Brief Article)
Broadcasting & Cable, July, 2000 by Dickson, Glen
Tells broadcasters they had better concentrate on HDTV first--or else When it comes to digital TV, broadcasters shouldn't bank on the law that permits them to offer datacasting and other additional services. At least, that seems to be the message from top GOP lawmakers. Sure, the 1997 law giving TV stations a second channel to launch DTV allows them to earn extra revenue from ancillary services such as datacasting, in addition to high-definition and other digital programming.
But key lawmakers last week appeared shocked to find the industry actually moving ahead with these new ventures. "What is not part of the deal will be for broadcasters to lease or sell off part of that spectrum," House Telecommunications Subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin...
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