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 FCC for its approval, according to […]
Former Bee Movie Critic Starts TV Show
A film and television critic with nearly two decades of experience with the Fresno Bee has been given his own show to discuss all things local in TV and radio. […]
ATBA Expresses Muted Praise for T-Mobile’s LPTV Move
From Broadcasting & Cable The Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance says it is encouraged by T-Mobile’s offer to pay for the moves of some LPTV stations and translators in the post-incentive […]
Many Community Television Stations to Cease Broadcasts: ATBA Encouraged by T-Mobile Offer
July 17, 2017 — The Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance (ATBA) is pleased that T-Mobile recognizes the tremendous hardships that the incentive auction has imposed on low power television stations […]
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 quickly and equitably as possible […]
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 total request for reimbursement is […]
ATBA: Microsoft’s Plan Would Destroy Community TV
From Broadcasting & Cable The Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance says that Microsoft’s push for reserving channels in the broadcast band for unlicensed use as a way to promote rural broadband […]
Plan Will Destroy Community TV Stations: ATBA Offers a Better Way for Microsoft
The Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance (ATBA) commends Microsoft President Brad Smith’s goal of broadband to all of rural America in the next five years. Unfortunately, the current plan laid out […]
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 extend broadband to 2 […]
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. Designed to work synergistically with […]