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Publicly, the commission appears determined to proceed full speed ahead with its incentive auction of TV spectrum, but it is also daring some LPTV operators who are in danger of being left out of the auction to ask a federal court for a stay of the auction.
This article was originally posted on commlawblog.com
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Yes. A delay in the auction might help to protect the increasing number of us who watch TV via antennas. The way it is now the auction will be a disaster for over-the-air television.
The NAB threatened, cajoled and pleaded with the FCC to “get the auction right, not done.” Obviously, the Commission chose the latter. We were assured over and over that the smartest minds in the room were putting this incentive auction together. But it looks more like a case of the FCC hiring the Larry, Moe and Curly Auction Company to act as consultants. The end result is a wobbly contraption with so many moving parts that even a battery of lawyers at the Commission can’t keep it straight. Normally, the incentive auction would be one more hilarious example of a bureaucracy run amok if it weren’t for the fact that it is costing us taxpayers millions and is poised to irreparably damage a vital broadcasting service.