C-Band Earth Stations Fear Lose/Lose Situation, ACA Tells FCC
MVPDs won't let C-band satellite operators do earth station work without site-specific plans that ensure no disruptions in service, so satellite operators' band transition plans have to meet ACA Connects criteria, the trade group told FCC Wireless Bureau and Office…
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of Engineering and Technology staffers, said a docket 18-122 posting Thursday. It's concerned satellite operators are collecting only antenna data and not headend information, which could force MVPDs to do the earth station work themselves with a lump sum amount that won't cover costs or having the work done by satellite operators "who do not appear prepared to take sufficient responsibility for all work necessary." It argued for its proposed lump sum amount of $764,500. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said the commission should extend the comment deadline in the lump sum public notice, and release more information about the assumptions and methodology underlying its proposed lump sum payment amounts. NCTA and ACA also asked for an extended comment timeframe (see 2006100005).