How will digital television benefit the public?
The advent of DTV will benefit the public because of the improved quality, and possibly quantity, of free television service and the potential availability of much more information on your television set. In addition, one of the most important benefits of DTV is the fact that it will free up parts of the broadcast spectrum and allow its return to the government for other important uses. A part of this additional spectrum has already been designated for public safety, police and fire usage, and other options will be available for other business purposes. 5. Why will more of the broadcast spectrum be available for public safety use? When will it be available? More of the broadcast spectrum will be available for public safety use by local communities because DTV allows the same number of stations to broadcast using fewer total different channels (less of the spectrum) which will free up scarce and valuable spectrum. Broadcast spectrum that is no longer needed by existing broadcasters will
