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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedFCC tees up digital-TV standards: seeks comment on new simulcasting requirements. (Washington).
Broadcasting & Cable, February, 2003 by McConnell, Bill
When then-FCC Commissioner Reed Hundt agreed to relax rules requiring digital TV stations to duplicate their analog programs, his aim was to encourage multicasting and other innovative programming. Six years later, a new FCC lineup is questioning whether he went far enough. Last week, the FCC said it might ease digital simulcasting requirements that currently require TV stations to duplicate analog programming.
The agency is asking for public input on whether the current mandate will stifle innovative digital programming. The phased-in requirement kicks in April 1, when TV stations must dedicate 50% of their primary digital signal to duplication of the analog channel. The simulcast quota increases to 75% in April 2004 and 100% in April 2005. ...
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