The 'Value Gap'

摘要

In a recent technical paper proposing various scenarios for reclaiming 120 MHz of over-the-air (OTA) broadcast spectrum, the FCC tallied up the economic reasons why some broadcasters might want to cash out of their spectrum to turn it over for wireless broadband.rnThe FCC painted a picture of an industry with economic troubles and a viewer profile in decline. The following is a summary of the FCC's data points on why this might be the timernfor broadcasters to sell off that spectrum.