Public Knowledge, Media Access Project clarify letter from Georgetown Partners

Public interest groups Public Knowledge and Media Access Project want to make sure the FCC understands their position on the Sirius-XM merger in light of a recent letter from Chester Davenport the Managing Director of Georgetown Partners. While they confirmed that they did indeed meet with Georgetown Partners, the groups reiterated that they "take no position with respect to [Georgetown Partners'] specific proposal that 20% of the merged XM/Sirius company's spectrum capacity be leased on an arms-length basis to an independent entity." "This approach could be a useful supplement to, but not a substitute for, the 5% non-commercial, educational set aside," they state in their letter to the FCC. Should the Federal Communications Commission determine that Georgetown's proposal is in the public interest, both Public Knowledge and Media Access Project support the minority-owned group's proposal to assist non-commercial, educational programmers.
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