Copps: Digital TV offerings fall short

Joel Rose writes:

... Two of the major networks are offering their own national weather channels. But Michael Copps of the Federal Communications Commission says the offerings are a far cry from what broadcasters could be doing with the new channels.  ¶  "If this spectrum is going to be used just for home shopping and Doppler radar, it's falling far short of the purpose that it could be serving," Copps says. "It has the capacity to represent local issues, local politics, local music, local religious and cultural diversity." ...

Link:  NPR All Things Considered.  --Dennis

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Surely they are. With increasing public television craze, it was long beforehand predicted about the decline of digital tv.

[Eric]

Hey, wait. I think SOMEONE is doing that. Oh, PUBLIC TELEVISION!