Broadcasters don't want to share. (Capital Watch).(the broadcast spectrum until the digital television transition is complete)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, February, 2003

The FCC should not allow unlicensed or other new services to use broadcast spectrum until the DTV transition is complete, NAB and MSTV say. Commenting on an FCC spectrum-policy report that raised the idea, the groups maintained that adding secondary services now would "delay or derail the transition." Secondly, they said, no new services should be added until the FCC improves interference protections.

The FCC today relies too much on "inaccurate" predictive interference models rather than actual measured interference, the groups said. Arguing against receiver standards was the Consumer Electronics Association, which called the idea "a solution looking for a problem" and one that would slow innovation.