Technology FCC faces Monumental Test
Officials at the Federal Communications Commission are facing a historic challenge. The agency is being asked to do something that has never before been tried: a two-step auction of American […]
Walden on LPTV: Favoring Unlicensed Would Break Law
House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-Ore.) says that if the FCC decides to set aside a channel for unlicensed use after the broadcast incentive auction and give it precedence […]
NAB Slams Auction Vote – Says it threatens success, penalizes broadcasters
The National Association of Broadcasters blasted the FCC’s incentive auction procedures vote Thursday, calling it a “major setback” for those looking for a successful auction that lowballs station prices, undercuts claims […]
ATBA Calls For Full Disclosure on Spectrum Auction
It’s Time To Disclose The Impact Austin TX – August 5, 2015 – – The Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance (ATBA) is calling for full disclosure of the impact of the […]
GOP Reps: LPTV’s Are Not Secondary to Unlicensed
Republican Reps Greg Walden (R-Ore.) and Joe Barton (R-Tex.) have advised FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler that the FCC should not prioritize unlicensed devices over low-power TV’s or translators in the […]
NAB Says FCC Must Conduct Translator, LPTV Impact Study
The issue of the impact of the broadcast incentive auction on translators, which relay full-power TV station signals to hard-to-reach areas, is getting a lot of attention this week. Read […]
LPTVs Unconvinced by FCC Chair
Low Power TV advocates were not reassured by FCC chairman Tom Wheeler’s pledge to Congress that the FCC was taking steps to mitigate the impact of the post-incentive auction TV station […]
ATBA Appalled with FCC Proposed Rulemaking
The Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance (ATBA) is appalled at today’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Incentive Auction. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the notice is proposing to reserve […]
SBA FIles Ex Parte on Behalf of LPTV
The Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy files ex parte comments that pointed out the investments and added value that LPTV owners have made in their communities and urged the […]
ATBA Continues Call for LPTV Protection in Comment Filing
The Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance (ATBA) again called upon the FCC to protect Low Power Television and Translators in the spectrum auction and repacking process. In response to the May […]