COMMENTS OF
THE NATIONAL HISPANIC MEDIA COALITION
THE NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION
HAWAII CONSUMERS
PROMETHEUS RADIO PROJECT
MEDIA ALLIANCE
THE BENTON FOUNDATION
U.S. PIRG

Media Access Project, on behalf of The National Hispanic Media Coalition, The New America Foundation, Hawaii Consumers, Prometheus Radio Project, Media Alliance, the Benton Foundation and U.S. PIRG (collectively “NHMC, et al.”) respectfully submit these comments. NHMC, et al. support the Commission’s preliminary conclusion to apply the existing public interest obligations mandated by Section 335 of the Communications Act (47 USC §335) to spectrum authorized for DBS services in the above captioned proceeding (“the NPRM”).

But the Commission’s proposal does not go far enough; because this proceeding will dramatically expand the available spectrum for DBS providers, the Commission should also expand the current spectrum capacity set aside pursuant to Section 335 (“public interest set aside”), and revisit its previous conclusions that DBS operators cannot use their capacity to serve the interests of localism.

To read the full comments, please see the PDF file linked below.