NAB, MSTV: Unlicensed Devices Could Affect Converter Boxes

NAB, MSTV: UNLICENSED DEVICES COULD AFFECT CONVERTER BOXES
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
In a letter from National Association of Broadcasters President David Rehr and Maximum Service Television President David Donovan to National Telecommunications & Information Administration chief John Kneuer, broadcasters said allowing portable unlicensed devices to operate in the DTV band, as computer companies like Google and Microsoft are pushing for, would be a "monumental mistake" that would have a dramatic negative impact on the transition to digital TV. NTIA is charged with overseeing the distribution of digital-to-analog converters for analog-only TVsets, and Rehr and Donovan warned that those boxes are likely to be susceptible to the interference the devices could cause.
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