Broadcasters Accuse Telecom Companies of Hoarding Spectrum

angry tapir writes "The National Association of Broadcasters, asked by the US Federal Communications Commission and some lawmakers to give up television spectrum for mobile data uses, has fired back by accusing several other companies of hoarding the spectrum they hold. In recent weeks, the NAB has gone on the offensive by suggesting that several spectrum holders, including Verizon Communications, AT&T and Time Warner Cable, have not developed the spectrum they already have."

Comments

Re:700 MHz band

[GeckoAddict]

AT&T also plans on using it's 700MHz range for LTE, at least according to a reference on Engadget.

Re:Kiss HTDV goodbye

[AlecC]

When I left the industry three years ago, broadcasters were using either 720p for fast moving stuff (sports) or 1080i for hi res stuff (drama, documentary), both using data compressed to 100Mbit/sec. Generally, studio infrastructure is standardizing on 100Mbit/sec for post-production, so you aren't going to get more underlying data even if they do upgrade to 1080p. It would be cheaper to fit an upscaler in your TV.

Re:Sounds a lot like the IPv4 crisis

[morgauxo]

Yes, spectrum could be used much more efficiently. It is not however unlimited. Frequencies can't be split into smaller slices indefinitely. Lookup "nyquist rate".

Re:Who is actively developing?

[contrapunctus]

who not whom