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 […]
Broadcasters and Consumers Should Be Wary
Adonis Hoffman wrote a great Op-Ed piece published by the New York Times today. An adjunct professor at Georgetown University, he was most notable for being chief of staff and […]