FCC Denies Spectrum Five Request to Reverse DirecTV 17/24 GHz Satellite OK
The FCC denied Spectrum Five's request the agency review a 2009 International Bureau decision to allow DirecTV to operate a satellite in the 17/24 GHz at 103 degrees west (see 0907290161), calling the Spectrum Five effort to reverse the OK…
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(see 0909220116) "without merit." In an order released Tuesday, commissioners upheld a bureau finding the DirecTV application satisfied the interference requirements of Section 25.104 of rules. It said Spectrum Five objections about the efficacy of license conditions to ensure compliance with interference requirements were based on faulty premises. It said IB acceptance of DirecTV's application as "substantially complete" was consistent with the way the agency has done two-stage authorizations in other cases. Spectrum Five had sought to be declared next in line for 17/24 GHz broadcasting satellite service with its satellite at 103.15 degrees west. The company didn't comment Thursday. AT&T owns DirecTV.