In the months of April through July of 2010 (and probably ongoing) a company identified in FCC records as "LANDOVER 2 LLC" has been applying for a massive number of Low Power Digital OTA TV (LPTV) licenses across the U.S.A., including one mentioned here by zapperman.
I did some digging and found some speculation on the Radio-Info.com site that LANDOVER 2 LLC is affiliated with this company:
http://www.ctbnetworks.com/
Wow, CTB is claiming that there is no need for further TV spectrum grabs by wireless enterprises. Looking at CTB's site I have to say that they're proposing quite an interesting usage of ATSC broadcasting technology! ATSC was designed as a digital data system, after all. I'm guessing that their "patent pending multi-frequency cellular terrestrial network technology" employs a CDMA or TDMA type of system, but maybe someone can find the patent application.
Take a good look through CTB's site and let us know here what really sticks out most about it for you.
Keep in mind that LPTV stations have always been the "low man" on the U.S. TV broadcasting totem pole, with full power stations enjoying a wide variety of benefits and "seniority" over them, so this will be quite interesting to see how it all might play out and to what extent ATSC MH (Mobile) will play a part.
I did some digging and found some speculation on the Radio-Info.com site that LANDOVER 2 LLC is affiliated with this company:
http://www.ctbnetworks.com/
Wow, CTB is claiming that there is no need for further TV spectrum grabs by wireless enterprises. Looking at CTB's site I have to say that they're proposing quite an interesting usage of ATSC broadcasting technology! ATSC was designed as a digital data system, after all. I'm guessing that their "patent pending multi-frequency cellular terrestrial network technology" employs a CDMA or TDMA type of system, but maybe someone can find the patent application.
Take a good look through CTB's site and let us know here what really sticks out most about it for you.
Keep in mind that LPTV stations have always been the "low man" on the U.S. TV broadcasting totem pole, with full power stations enjoying a wide variety of benefits and "seniority" over them, so this will be quite interesting to see how it all might play out and to what extent ATSC MH (Mobile) will play a part.