Here's the text from CVUS website:
PMSA:
>The Company has a commercial license that gives it the exclusive right
>to provide Local Multipoint Distribution Service ("LMDS") to the 3.2
>million households in the New York Primary Metropolitan Statistical
>Area ("PMSA"). Currently, there are approximately 528,000 households
>in the area covered by the Company's two operational transmitters.
>The December 1995 grant to the Company by the Federal Communications
>Commission (the "FCC") of 34 applications for additional commercial
>transmitter sites, has now put the Company in a position to expand its
>subscription television services to cover most of the New York PMSA.
>These grants authorize the Company to commence transmitter
>construction and PMSA-wide commercial operations immediately,
>conditional upon, and subject to the FCC's final rules for LMDS.
>There can be no assurance that the final LMDS rules will be adopted
>by the FCC as currently proposed.
BTA:
>The FCC has tentatively granted the Company a Pioneer's Preference
>option to purchase, on a discounted basis, the exclusive rights to
>service the portion of the New York BTA outside of its existing
>service area, which would bring an additional 3.4 million households
>into the Company's exclusive territory. There can be no assurance
>that the FCC's final rules for LMDS will confirm the Company's
>tentative Pioneer's Preference, or will do so on terms as favorable
>to the Company as those currently proposed.
Note these both say *exclusive* rights... where's the other A block?
Has CVUS exercised (or, does it still enjoy) its BTA preference
*option*... what was/is/will-be the price/discount for the BTA?
Are these limited term (e.g., 10 year) licenses?
It appears this info might be stale... is it???
If you add these together you get 3.2 + 3.4 = 6.6 million households.
Now, if a household is a pop, this doesn't quite square with the
numbers I've seen elsewhere... 8.6M pops. Can anyone explain the
discrepancy or otherwise clarify?
Thanks,
Rob
PS) A Block = 1150 MHz of bandwidth, B Block = 150 MHz of bandwidth.
These figures for LMDS; A, B, etc are redefined for PCS. (right?) |
