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 […]
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 […]