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 […]
Why ATSC 3.0? Opportunity!
This article is based on a presentation given at the 2016 IEEE Broadcast Symposium. Broadcast television in 2016 still relies on the ATSC 1.0 standard that was state-of-the-art back in […]
Walden beats out Shimkus to head Energy and Commerce
Rep. Greg Walden won a closed-door election to become the next House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Thursday — beating a more senior lawmaker to seize the coveted gavel of […]
Free Access & Broadcast Telemedia Files Response to FCC Nov. 14 Brief
Free Access & Broadcast Telemedia, LLC (FAB) filed a response to the FCC’s brief on Friday, Nov. 25, at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. […]
Broadcasting Defined
In broadcasting history, many have disputed the definition of the word and/or field. For example, on Nov. 24, a letter titled “The erroneous definition of broadcasting has not been removed […]