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Navigant Study Refutes Claims TV Broadcasters Received Free Spectrum

WASHINGTON — The argument that broadcast television stations received spectrum licenses “for free” is grossly misleading, said a new study by Navigant Economics Managing Director and Principal Jeffrey Eisenach released today. The study found nearly all TV station owners paid market value for their spectrum licenses through private transactions, and noted other spectrum holders including wireless carriers and satellite television providers DIRECTV and DISH Network received spectrum licenses without compensating the government.

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