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Originally Posted by pcity
Channels are moving. Very few of them (and no major network ones) are going away completely. The reallocation will have no negative effects on cord cutters.
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Actually there was supposed to be a mass selloff of TV stations. Apparently they decided to move to another channel instead of surrendering the license in that short one-year period. The analyses must have shown better payback from continued operations than from that one-time offer to cash out due to changing market conditions.
Buyers of struggling little TV stations could make big money in airwave auction - LA Times
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Companies such as NRJ TV, OTA Broadcasting and LocusPoint Networks have kept a low profile the last few years while snatching up dozens of small TV stations in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, New York, Chicago and other markets.
The buyers, which include one involving computer magnate Michael Dell, are widely seen as speculators in on the 21st century frontier of wireless spectrum.
They have purchased sometimes-struggling TV stations on the cheap and are expected to try to sell the rights to their airwaves in the FCC auction that begins Tuesday.
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On the technical side, RF interference is becoming a bigger concern due to spacing issues and the reduced spectrum especially in more densely populated regions of the country.
There is enough room for full-powered stations here in Houston without 600 MHz (once the low-powered digital TV stations are removed/shuffled), but future reductions will inevitably force a few stations off the air. I was surprised that no one here took the money to get out of the business this time. But in the future, the English independent stations would definitely be the first to go.
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