FCC’s Levin: Broadband Plans Don’t Threaten Future Of Broadcasting
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FCC broadband advisor Blair Levin tells B&C that he does not think any of the commission’s plans for spectrum reclamation “threatens the future of over-the-air broadcasting.” But he also says that broadcasters own actions and revenue streams do not support retaining all of their spectrum all of the time.
Levin’s team has been working over the holidays as they bear down on a Feb. 17 deadline for getting the national broadband plan to Congress, a deadline Levin tells B&C they will meet, if not beat.
He says broadcasters need to be thinking about how to work with the FCC to help resolve the looming spectrum crisis, and calls “quite extraordinary” some broadcasters suggestion there is no looming crisis. Though he concedes the crisis is not yet upon us, he also suggests that the time to fix the roof is when the sun is still shining. Full interview on B&C.
Also, Levin did an interview with C-Span last week, on similar issues, and the video is embedded below:
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