American Classic Entertainment Announces Affiliation Availability for LPTV
American Classic Entertainment (Ace TV) announces that their network feed is now available for Low Power Television stations. The network which was launched in 2018 features great classic movies and […]
ATBA Member Perry Priestley is New COO of Broadcast Electronics
ATBA member Perry Priestley was announced as the new Chief Operating Officer of Broadcast Electronics on July 12, 2019. Previous positions held by Priestley include Chief Executive Officer at Anywave […]
FCC Gives Broadcasters More KidVid Flexibility
A politically divided FCC voted Wednesday (July 10) to give broadcasters more flexibility in providing educational/informational (E/I) programming for children, changes Democrats said dis-serve kids. It is the first major […]
FCC moves to open up mid-band spectrum for 5G
All four Tier 1 U.S. carriers are offering a mobile 5G service in parts of select markets. Of those four, AT&T, T-Mobile US and Verizon are all using high-frequency millimeter […]
ATSC 3.0: Free 4K HDR Broadcast TV Is Finally Coming and Here’s What it Means for You
It’s been years in the planning and making, but it seems that the ATSC 3.0 standard for next generation broadcast TV will finally start being rolled out for public use […]
FCC Announces Updated Price Ranges For Incentive Auction Reimbursement
The FCC released a public notice announcing the Incentive Auction Task Force and the Media Bureau have updated the price ranges listed in the catalog of eligible reimbursement expenses that […]
FCC Releases Date for EAS Webinar
The FCC released a public notice on June 25, 2019 announcing a webinar that will take place on July 11, 2019. “The webinar will include an overview of the EAS […]
FCC Opens Comment on Equal Employment Opportunity Enforcement
The FCC released a public notice of proposed rulemaking on June 21, 2019 for improvement and enforcement of the equal employment opportunity (EEO). This notice of proposed rulemaking seeks further […]
FCC Frees Up More Money for TV Station Repack
The FCC has released its status report on the post-broadcast incentive auction TV station repack, which involves most of 1,000 full powers and 2,000 low powers in a 10-phase plan, and as […]
Elimination of Requirement that Broadcasters Post Their Licenses Becomes Effective
As we wrote here, at the FCC’s December meeting, the FCC was scheduled to adopt an order eliminating the requirement that broadcasters post a physical copy of their licenses and other instruments […]