Lee Miller
What if the Spectrum Auction Fails?
We've all probably thought it. From the beginning, many had misgivings about the structure and integrity of the Federal Communication Commission's Spectrum Auction for...
Senators Concerned About Local Signals
Elizabeth Warren has joined Edward Markey, her fellow U.S. senator from Massachusetts, in calling on Comcast for proof that the company’s new NBC O&O in...
FAB Speaks to Vacant Channel Issue
Free Access & Broadcast Telemedia, LLC (FAB) filed Ex Parte Comments on recent meetings with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC.)
In particular among other points...
GAO Study and Report Sees Trouble Ahead With the FCC Incentive...
The spectrum auction currently being undertaken by the U.S. Government will have significant, and as yet unmeasured effects on existing Low Power TV stations...
Stage 4 of Auction Starts Today
As expected, and as we wrote last week, the FCC announced Friday that the reverse auction phase of Stage 4 of the Incentive Auction...
Government Shutdown Avoided; Auction Stays on Schedule
The Federal Communications Commission announced that they were planning for an "orderly shutdown due to lapse of congressional appropriations" on Friday, Dec. 9, but...
Can The Senate Bring More Repack Relief To TV?
A trio of U.S. Senators has drafted potential legislation that would further ensure no American loses any access to TV signals following the repack...
FCC’s Stage 3 Forward Auction Closes After Single Round, Stage 4...
Are we really surprised?
Stage 3 of the FCC’s forward auction closed after a single round on Monday, propelling the proceedings toward an expected Stage...
GAO: Information on Low Power Television, FCC’s Spectrum Incentive Auction, and...
Over two years ago at the urging of the Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance (ATBA), Joe Barton (R-Tex.)and Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) requested the Government Accounting...
Why ATSC 3.0? Opportunity!
This article is based on a presentation given at the 2016 IEEE Broadcast Symposium.
Broadcast television in 2016 still relies on the ATSC 1.0 standard...
