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Broadcasters admit TV only needs a fraction of their spectrum

Sinclair, Nexstar and Gray executives now say ATSC 3.0 lets them deliver core broadcast service on as little as 2 MHz of a 6 MHz channel.

Why it matters. As broadcasters publicly quantify how little spectrum TV actually requires, they invite regulators to ask why the rest shouldn’t be reallocated away from the free-television mandate that justifies their licenses.

Signal from TVREV · Tim Hanlon · read the original.

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