C-Band Satellite Obligations to Earth Stations Must Be Clear, SES Says
Whatever way the FCC goes on whether C-band earth station lump sum payments include integrated receiver/decoder (IRD) replacement costs, the commission needs to not alter C-band satellite operators' accelerated relocation obligations, SES said in a docket 18-122 posting Thursday. The…
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commission must be clear that when an earth station operator opts out of the satellite-driven transition, the satellite operator's obligations end with coordination to help the earth station in transitioning the services it receives, SES said. It said if the FCC decides IRD upgrades are excluded from MVPD lump sum payments and the earth station operator opts for C-band service that requires tech upgrades, the IRD costs should be covered by the relocation coordinator unless the programmer making the tech choices or the satellite operator does.