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FCC Net Neutrality Comments Top 20 Million
From Broadcasting & Cable
The FCC last week extended the deadline for comments from Aug. 16 to Aug. 30, but followers of the issue aren't...
The 4 Big Trends Affecting The Media Industry Today
The second-quarter earnings season of 2017 has wound down for media companies and broadcasters, and FierceBroadcasting is rounding up the trends that highlighted the reports.
1. Streaming...
Next-Generation TV Expected To Usher in New Era of T-Commerce
Next-generation broadcasting boasts any number of interactive capabilities. Among its big advantages: It could make TV-based shopping — a.k.a. t-commerce — so simple that...
FCC Extends Net Neutrality Comment Deadline
From Broadcasting & Cable
The FCC has given commenters a little more time to weigh in on the proposed changes to the FCC's 2015 net...
Sources: Pai Teeing Up Media Ownership Order
According to multiple industry sources, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is working on a media ownership order that, according to a broadcast industry source, would...
Station Trading Roundup: 1 Deal, $21M
The sale of a full-power and LPTV by OTA Broadcasting to Entravision Communications tops the latest list of TV station transactions submitted to the...
T-Mobile to Pay for Some LPTV Repack Moves
From Broadcasting & Cable
T-Mobile has volunteered to pay for affected low-power stations to move to temporary channels in order to clear broadcast spectrum as...
FCC: Broadcasters’ Initial Repack Cost Estimate Is $2.1 Billion
From Broadcasting & Cable
The FCC said Friday that—based on the estimates it has received on the 900-plus TV stations moving in the post-incentive auction repack—the aggregate...
NAB Lists Reasons Microsoft’s Vacant Channel Push Is Off Base
From Broadcasting & Cable
Broadcasters were ready to push back on Microsoft's announced Rural Airband Initiative, in which it plans to team with telecommunications companies to...
FEMA, NWS, et al, Join AWARN
From TV Technology
WASHINGTON—The nation’s largest originators of emergency alerts have come together to advise the industry group behind the Advanced Warning and Response Network....
