1.   -- Video recorders that are tuned to existing television frequencies would need to be retuned for the new channel.

2.   But in the case of television frequencies, the lure of easy money has collided with formidable lobbying by the broadcast industry.

3.   It does so because the number of radio and broadcast television frequencies is limited.

4.   Lawmakers like McCain say that the fairest approach for taxpayers would be to simply auction all the television frequencies and use the money to reduce the federal deficit.

5.   No one, however, can more than guess about what the television frequencies might be worth.

6.   The new digital television frequencies can carry as many as six times the number of channels that current analog channels can.

7.   Prosecutors allege illegal deals in the awarding of new television frequencies to Fininvest and other operators, Italian news agencies reported.

8.   Also this year, prosecutors investigating the awarding of television frequencies and telephone contracts asked for his indictment.

9.   The announcement follows an investigation into the supply of telephone equipment to administrators and the granting of television frequencies.