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FCC warns US broadcasters their licenses are a privilege, not a right

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by digitalPhonix

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> No broadcaster has a 'right' to use the pubic [sic] spectrum,
(Last line on page 5: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-26-530A1.pdf )
The lack of any proof-reading seems pretty emblematic of the thought process of this "threat".

by tencentshill

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Trump puts so much importance and emphasis on TV broadcast ratings. If traditional broadcast media wasn't dead already, this might put it over the edge. Though I don't like the majority of media people actually watch being broadcasted from a corporation like Youtube either.

by panny

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I don't feel sorry for the US broadcasters who received free airwaves for HD broadcast and instead shipped 4 channels of SD instead during the Digital Television Transition. They need to be reminded. It's as bad as a government where you pay them money that's supposed to be earmarked for retirement only to find the account empty at retirement time.