The drive to establish DTV and reclaim old analog channels has suffered its share of potholes, but nothing like the axle-breakers encountered by a similar government plan to take some spectrum that broadcasters use for backhaul transmissions and give it to wireless services and others. For half a decade, the FCC has been trying to figure out how broadcasters can share spectrum used for electronic newsgathering with purveyors of new mobile satellite services (MSS) and others seeking spots on various broadcast auxiliary bands. ENG allows broadcasters to transmit sports, news and other programming from the field back to TV studios for editing prior to broadcast. Plans to share the spectrum have been plagued by delays and are now a couple of years behind schedule.
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