Bidding Begins On FCC Spectrum Auction Stage Two
Bidding starts on the Federal Communications Commission’s Spectrum Incentive Auction Stage 2 at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, and the FCC released a statement on Monday, Sept. 12 previewing “what happens […]
Local TV Political Spending To Total Lower Than Expected
Ad revenue from political advertisement on local TV stations is expected to total under $3 billion by the end of 2016. “If we assume that spending might slow to end […]
Nexstar Must Sell 7 Stations To Avoid Monopoly
Nexstar has agreed to sell 7 stations to comply with the Department of Justice’s settlement in order to buy the company Media General. The DOJ filed suit against Nexstar when the […]
Weekly Newsletter, 8/29
FAB v. FCC in District Circuit The Free Access & Broadcast Telemedia, LLC and five additional co-filers have challenged the FCC’s framework for the spectrum auction. This is the FAB’s […]
Weekly Newsletter, 8/22
“This is the first time I have seen a wireless company that gets it – one that understands what broadcasters are facing with the repack,” Jay Adrick.
Weekly Newsletter, 8/15/16
“The result [of keeping the current regulations] will be less resources for the local news on which our democracy depends,” the Newspaper Association of America also said.
Weekly Newsletter
Debunking a Few Myths about the FCC’s Incentive Auction This article originally appeared on Lexology, a source of news for Globe Business Media Group. Jonathan Cohen, one of my partners […]
Does The FCC Lack Authority To Boost Required Amount Of Video Described Programming?
The FCC recently proposed an increase in the required amount of video described programming for cable and broadcast. The current requirement is 50 hours of video described programming per quarter, […]
FCC’s Auction Target: The Impossible Dream
A version of this post originally appeared on Multichannel, a news site for cable television news and broadcasting. In the 600-Megahertz reverse auction for broadcast TV station spectrum, the Federal […]
Ryvicker: Spectrum Auction Likely To See Multiple Stages
A version of this post originally appeared on B&C, a news source of New Bay, providing multichannel marketing solutions and information to communities. In response to the just-announced $86,422,558,704 clearing cost for […]