The Digital TV Transition: A Brief Overview

Kruger, Lennard G. ; Moore, Linda K.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Telecommunication;    Television frequency allocation;    Television;   

RP-ID  :  RS22217
RP-ID  :  RS22217 2005-08-12

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Congressional policymakers are seeking a way to accelerate the nation’s transition to digital television and to expedite the transfer of radio frequency channels from the broadcast industry to public safety and commercial users no later than 2009. Broadcasters are holding spectrum in the 700MHz band (channels 52-69) that they would be required to relinquish after the transition to digital television (DTV) is achieved. Without a hard deadline, the transition to digital television has been postponed. Meanwhile, public safety officials want 700 MHz spectrum that has been assigned to them, but not delivered, in order to build new interoperable networks, while the commercial wireless industry would like access to the spectrum for new services.