“The major broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) operate on free licenses of public spectrum in exchange for requirements to serve the public interest. They no longer do, and this is an obsolete model anyway. The spectrum should be auctioned off, with the proceeds used to pay down the national debt.
“Of course, the networks can bid on the spectrum, and they will win if broadcast networks are still the most highly valued use.
“What’s more likely to happen is that valuable spectrum will be reapportioned to the next generation of wireless applications, unleashing many more interesting options for consumers and businesses.
“The networks can continue to operate on cable, like hundreds of other redundant channels.” – South African jillionaire David Sacks, in a tweet endorsed by Elon Musk.
Like Musk, Sacks is member of the so-called “PayPal mafia” and owns a stake in SpaceX and Peter Thiel’s Palantir. As was reported here in 2022, Sacks aided Musk is dismantling Twitter’s moderation politicies after Musk took over.
They are talking about putting all network broadcast licenses up for public auction. But media thinks the South Africans backing Trump won’t really do all this stuff if their useful orange idiot wins. pic.twitter.com/jx7Ykqyv2a
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 27, 2024