[opendtv] Broadcasters Nix Low-Power DTS Proposal
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 10:28:10 -0600
http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/93858
Broadcasters Nix Low-Power DTS Proposal
01.28.2010.
The NAB and MSTV, acting as representatives for the nation's broadcasters,
filed comments with the FCC on Jan. 27 pledging "full and constructive
participation" in that agency's broadband plan, but at the same time,
denouncing a proposal from the Consumer Electronics Association and CTIA-The
Wireless Association for transitioning U.S. television broadcasting to a
low-power distributed transmission system (DTS) as impractical. The NAB and
MSTV were united in their opinion that the DTS plan was not workable due to
loss of coverage and interference problems.
"Coverage gaps are the unavoidable consequence of trying to use a fill-in
technology such as DTS as an across-the-board substitute for the current
delivery system of over-the-air DTV," the broadcast groups said.
NAB and MSTV also stated that the proposal to use DTS to create spectrum
"drastically underestimated" costs that would have to be absorbed to make such
a transition for television broadcasting, saying they would be "orders of
magnitude higher than estimates provided by CTIA/CEA."
The two broadcast groups did agree with several aspects of FCC submissions
filed by the Department of Justice and NTIA, saying that a comprehensive
inventory of present and future spectrum availability and usage was required.
NAB/NTIA noted that neither the DOJ nor NTIA called for reallocation of
broadcast television spectrum, but did term the agencies' assumption that a
lack of spectrum is limiting competition in the area of broadband
communications.
"There is no necessary nexus between allocating additional spectrum and
increased broadband deployment and use," the groups said. "Many countries with
higher broadband usage rates than the United States have less spectrum
allocated for broadband purposes."
The NAB/NTIA filing also noted that the implementation of a mobile DTV system
by television broadcasters would provide consumers with high-quality video in
real time.
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