34 Nations Support Current UHF Spectrum Allocation, Preserving Broadcast TV, Says NABA

Thirty-four nations at the World Radiocommunication Conference support maintaining the current UHF spectrum allocation for broadcast TV, said the North American Broadcasters Association in a news release Wednesday. “A large and diverse group of countries continue to recognize the importance of broadcasting as an instrument of freedom of expression and the most effective and efficient means of using spectrum to deliver educational and emergency information to an entire population,” said NABA. “Despite some pre-emptive efforts from the wireless industry to spin the facts, only a handful of countries actually support reallocation.” The WRC is ongoing in Geneva, with FCC and other officials (see 1511030062).