Incentive Auction Officially Closes; Announcement on Bid Results Expected by Mid-April
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP – Patrick S. Campbell Capping an historic, year-long process that began with voluntary commitments by broadcasters to relinquish their channels to the wireless […]
LPTV Industry Leaders Meet With FCC Chairman Pai
LPTV industry leaders, including Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance (ATBA) Board Members, gathered on Tuesday, March 28, in Washington, D.C. for two landmark meetings in hopes of establishing a roadmap towards […]
FCC Doesn’t Expand Must-Carry in Channel-Sharing Order
From Broadcasting and Cable – The FCC voted unanimously Thursday (March 23) to allow TV stations more flexibility to share channels after the broadcast incentive auction but, in a victory for […]
FCC OK’s TV Channel Sharing Outside Incentive Auction
The FCC on Thursday (3/23) unanimously approved a Report and Order that would authorize channel sharing outside the context of the incentive auction. The vote, which saw Democratic Commissioner Mignon […]
NAB Show Marks ATSC 3.0’s Debut
Things are coming swiftly for ATSC 3.0. While our industry slowly makes the move to IP (slower than most realize), the transition to ATSC 3.0—which combines IP with over-the-air broadcasting—is […]
Post-Incentive Auction Transition Workshop
https://www.fcc.gov/news-events/events/2017/03/post-incentive-auction-transition-workshop The Incentive Auction Task Force and the Media Bureau held this public workshop on post-auction transition procedures and the following agenda topics: Overview and incentive auction status update; Step-by-step […]
Edge Spectrum Inc Acquires 3ABN Stations
Snoqualmie, WA (March 13, 2017) – Edge Spectrum Inc (ESI) announced today the acquisition of sixty operating Low Power Television (LPTV) Stations and ten LPTV construction permits from Three Angels Broadcasting Network […]
ATSC 3.0 and the Perennial Transition
By John Hane As someone who has been deeply involved in planning for the rollout of ATSC 3.0, I get a lot of questions about the next generation broadcasting standard. By […]
Smaller Market LPTVs Optimistic Post-Auction
There was a lot of uncertainty for LPTV stations last year at this time. An official clearing target for the auction had not yet been set. There was talk of an […]
Rohde & Schwarz Publishes ‘Go 2 Repack’ Survival Guide
From TV Technology – Rohde & Schwarz created the “Go 2 Repack” for broadcast stations for the upcoming spectrum repack. It is available for download. “Go 2 Repack” is a […]