MPs back free market approach to released TV frequencies

An influential committee of the UK Parliament has rejected terrestrial broadcasters' calls to set aside digital dividend spectrum for HDTV but supported action to help wireless microphone users.

Ofcom wants to auction the frequencies released by digital switchover on a technology and application neutral basis. The Culture Media and Sport Select Committee had been lobbied heavily by broadcasters but its report on the <a href= http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmcumeds/509/509i.pdf>New Media and the Creative Industries</a> endorsed Ofcom's approach and concluded that "a persuasive case has yet been made to justify reserving spectrum." (p83)

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