With the release of the Incentive Auction Closing and Channel Reassignment Public Notice (affectionately known as the “CCR”), the FCC officially draws the spectrum Incentive Auction to a close. The CCR is a must-read for TV broadcasters and wireless carriers alike. It announces broadcast and wireless winning bidders, sets deadlines and timetables for filings, and … Continue Reading
The FCC’s Media Bureau and the Incentive Auction Task Force are (again!) reminding all television owners (including those participating in the broadcast incentive auction and those who may potentially be subject to repacking) to provide updated contact information for every station in your portfolio. Important information can reach those owners more quickly with a street … Continue Reading
As it waves a metal detector over every inch of the country's economy, looking for any stray nickel or dime with which to fund its ambitious American Jobs Act, the Obama Administration apparently thinks it's hit a minor jackpot: spectrum fees.… Continue Reading
For several months now the question on many TV broadcasters' minds has been: will they or won't they take away my spectrum. Chairman Genachowski signaled the answer in a speech on February 24.… Continue Reading
Senator Olympia Snowe has sent a letter to the Commission which may encourage TV broadcasters fearful that their spectrum is doomed to be sacrificed to the seemingly bottomless Broadband Maw.… Continue Reading
Maybe now the FCC will look at requests for extensions of deadlines more sympathetically. The FCC has requested, and been granted, a four-week extension of the delivery date for the National Broadband Plan.… Continue Reading
If you've got a TV license, you've got a problem. The Commission has issued a formal request for comments focusing on the possible repurposing of TV spectrum for wireless broadband services.… Continue Reading