FCC Tracks TV Repack in New Budget
The FCC’S new budget, submitted as part of the Trump Administration’s larger spending proposal, provides some insight into the immediate and long-term futures of the broadcasting industry. It is a […]
Noland to head ATSC Technology Group
The Advanced Television Systems Committee’s Board of Directors has selected Madeleine Noland of LG Electronics to lead the ATSC’s primary technology group supporting implementation of the new ATSC 3.0 next-generation […]
Ajit Pai’s FCC can double down on deregulation
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai is scheduled to speak at the popular Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday, confirming his rock-star status as a deregulatory hero to the center-right. […]
HPA Panel Examines Road to ATSC 3.0 and Repack
PALM DESERT, CALIF.—Broadcasters at this week’s HPA Tech Retreat discussed two timely television technical topics: the introduction of the ATSC 3.0 DTV transmission standard and the on-going TV spectrum repack […]
ATEME to support first public demo for ATSC 3.0
The broadcasting and technology partners worked together to deliver the Winter Games from PyeongChang to an audience at an event at North Carolina State University, in 4K. Marking the first […]
LPTV/Translator Special Displacement Window Webinar
On February 9, 2018, the Incentive Auction Task Force and the Media Bureau announced via Public Notice that the window for displaced low-power TV and TV translator stations to apply […]
FCC Eliminates Hard Copy Rules
WASHINGTON—TV and radio broadcasters can go fully digital with FCC regulations after the Commission made the ruling to eliminate the requirement for broadcast and cable entities to maintain paper copies […]
New Repacking Funds Added to FCC Reauthorization Bill
The House Energy & Commerce Committee approved legislation this week to reauthorize the FCC for the first time in more than 25 years. The final bill was a bipartisan consensus […]
ATSC 3.0: Broadcasters Get Their Ducks in Order
On the night before comments were due at the FCC on Next Gen TV, hundreds gathered around televisions in Raleigh to see the broadcast standard in action. The demo presented […]
ATSC 3.0 Presentation at NRB Next Week
After years of development, the ATSC 3.0 standard is ready to go. ATBA’s Communication Director Lee Miler and Josh Weiss, ATBA Advisory Board Member will present at the National Religious Broadcaster’s […]