Permanence, ATSC 3.0 Early Adoption Key Points in Meeting With FCC Chair
On July 6, 2017, executive and advisory board members and staff of the Advanced Television Broadcast Alliance met with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and Alison Nemeth, his legal adviser, to […]
NAB Battles Microsoft’s White Spaces Play
From Broadcasting & Cable Microsoft is pushing the FCC to reserve a “white space” channel in every market in the repack of TV stations following the incentive auction, and broadcasters […]
NAB: Dump Kidvid Requirement For Diginets
From TV NewsCheck The NAB has asked the FCC to drop the requirement that broadcasters air air three hours a week of children’s educational and information programming on their subchannels […]
NAB Battles Microsoft’s White Spaces Play
From Broadcasting & Cable [www.broadcastingcable.com] Microsoft is pushing the FCC to reserve a “white space” channel in every market in the repack of TV stations following the incentive auction, and […]
ATBA Board Meets With FCC Chairman Pai
Members of the Executive and Advisory Boards for the Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance (ATBA) met with FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Thursday, July 6, 2017 to discuss permanence for low power […]
NAB: Dump Kidvid Requirement For Diginets
From TV NewsCheck [www.tvnewscheck.com] The NAB has asked the FCC to drop the requirement that broadcasters air air three hours a week of children’s educational and information programming on their […]
NAB Joins Broadcast Groups Commenting on FCC’s Proposed Elimination of Main Station Rule
On July 3, 2017, National Association of Broadcasters joined many broadcast groups filing comments on the Federal Communication Commission’s proposal to eliminate the main station rule that went into effect […]
DTV America To Be Acquired By HC2
DTV America announced recently that it has entered into a series of transactions to sell the majority of its common stock to HC2, Holdings Inc. and is awaiting FCC approval […]
T-Mobile Steps Up To Help With Costs for Displaced Public LPTVs
LPTV stations and translators were excluded from the $1.75 billion fund set up to help recover moving costs for displaced stations who will be displaced by the repack. Fortunately, […]
FCC Proposes Boosting Video Description by 75 Percent
By Deborah D. McAdams WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission is looking to bump up its video-description requirement by 75 percent. The commission will consider a Report and Order at its July […]