News Channel Nebraska moving into old Masonic Temple
News Channel Nebraska, a low-power TV station coming to Grand Island, will cover more than 100 sports events a year, many of them in this area. The station will join […]
What if the Spectrum Auction Fails?
We’ve all probably thought it. From the beginning, many had misgivings about the structure and integrity of the Federal Communication Commission’s Spectrum Auction for all parties involved, but has anyone […]
Senators Concerned About Local Signals
Elizabeth Warren has joined Edward Markey, her fellow U.S. senator from Massachusetts, in calling on Comcast for proof that the company’s new NBC O&O in Boston will cover the entire market. […]
FAB Speaks to Vacant Channel Issue
Free Access & Broadcast Telemedia, LLC (FAB) filed Ex Parte Comments on recent meetings with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC.) In particular among other points covered, FAB called on […]
GAO Study and Report Sees Trouble Ahead With the FCC Incentive Auction for TV Translators and Low Power TV Stations
The spectrum auction currently being undertaken by the U.S. Government will have significant, and as yet unmeasured effects on existing Low Power TV stations and TV Translators (LPTV.) This is […]
Stage 4 of Auction Starts Today
As expected, and as we wrote last week, the FCC announced Friday that the reverse auction phase of Stage 4 of the Incentive Auction will begin tomorrow, December 12, 2016. […]
Government Shutdown Avoided; Auction Stays on Schedule
The Federal Communications Commission announced that they were planning for an “orderly shutdown due to lapse of congressional appropriations” on Friday, Dec. 9, but President Obama signed a temporary spending […]
Can The Senate Bring More Repack Relief To TV?
A trio of U.S. Senators has drafted potential legislation that would further ensure no American loses any access to TV signals following the repack resulting from the end of the […]
FCC’s Stage 3 Forward Auction Closes After Single Round, Stage 4 to Start Next Week
Are we really surprised? Stage 3 of the FCC’s forward auction closed after a single round on Monday, propelling the proceedings toward an expected Stage 4 reverse auction start date […]
GAO: Information on Low Power Television, FCC’s Spectrum Incentive Auction, and Unlicensed Spectrum Use
Over two years ago at the urging of the Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance (ATBA), Joe Barton (R-Tex.)and Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) requested the Government Accounting Office (GAO) study the impact of […]