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356 STATEMENT ON THEATER TELEVISION October
It is possible, however, that other types of facilities may become available in the future through advanced developments (for example, special forms of long-distance wave guides).
INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION — Theater television will endeavor to offer material paralleling in a general fashion that presented by the legitimate theater, radio, and motion pictures, but adding the important element of immediacy. It will thus add a new medium and should stimulate these existing enterprises as well as theater televi-j sion. As regards intraindustry competition, there Avill also be unrestricted competition among the various program-originating groups. It is anticipated that eventually theater television presentations in I any given locality will be optionally obtainable by the exhibitors from a number of sources, each of whom will offer programs competing on the basis of their cost and merit.
The general facilities required for a nation-wide theater television service consist, therefore, of flexible and economical radio channels connecting remote program pickup points in each city with central studios and transmitters, as well as one or more channels connecting transmitters to the theaters which intend to reproduce the programs. In addition, channels between cities are required for more extensive distribution.
FCC REQUEST — The June 29 letter from the Federal Communications Commission to the Society of Motion Picture Engineers said, " Without limiting the scope of the statements, the Commission requests expression of views covering six specific subjects.
"1. What the minimum frequency requirements would be for a nation-wide competitive theater television service;
"2. What specific frequency bands you would propose to be allocated to a theater television service; reasons therefor;
"3. The exact functions which would be performed in each sucW frequency band in a theater television service;
"4. Whether and to what extent such functions could be performed] in whole or in part, by use of coaxial cable, wire, or other means onj transmission not using radio frequencies;
" 5. Whether andto what extent existing common carriers have on propose to have facilities available capable of performing suchj functions, in whole or in part, by radio relay, coaxial cable, or wire; t
"6. Plans or proposals looking toward the establishment of then I ci television service."