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  "description": "Advocacy group urges cautious approach. ",
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  "publishedAt": "2025-06-03T19:28:12.000Z",
  "site": "https://broadbandbreakfast.com",
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    "_argued in a June 1 Federal Communications Commission filing_",
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON, June 3, 2025 – REC Networks criticized HC2 Broadcasting Holdings’ plan to allow low-power television stations in the UHF band to provide encrypted datacasting services without a traditional free TV service.\n\nThe small broadcast station advocacy group _argued in a June 1 Federal Communications Commission filing_ that “REC cannot support HC2’s alternative proposal that the entire 6 MHz channel be used for ancillary and supplementary services. By making the entire 6 MHz channel completely unavailable to the general public, the station would no longer be a broadcast station, but instead, could be considered a common carrier in the fixed service.”\n\nHC2, the largest LPTV owner in the U.S. under President and CEO **Les Levi** , _asked the FCC in March_ to allow LPTV stations to adopt a datacasting standard rather than ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV). Under this proposed framework, television channels could be used entirely for data transmission, and would not be required to be available to the general public.\n\nREC argued that adopting such a standard could leave rural areas without access to public television.\n\nThe filing comes as television stations across the U.S. are facing a shrinking customer base and stiff competition from streaming services. Many in the industry have pushed the FCC to relax its regulations, _including National Association of Broadcasters President and CEO_ **Curtis LeGeyt**.",
  "title": "REC Pushes Back Against 5G Broadcast Model",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-11T03:28:36.295Z"
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