The Incentive Auction may not start until sometime in 2016, but the Commission is facing - now - the monumental task of working out the myriad details that will govern the auction process.… Continue Reading
If you're a full power or Class A TV licensee and you'd like your facilities to be eligible for protection in the channel repacking process, heads up.… Continue Reading
The draft "Certification of TV Broadcast Licensee Technical Information in Advance of Incentive Auction", which will have to be filed by full-power and Class A licensees in advance of the spectrum auction, is now available for review and comment.… Continue Reading
Can we all agree that responding to theFCC's invitation to comment on Form 2100, Schedule 318 would be easier if the form were available for review?… Continue Reading
If you are planning on filing comments on the FCC's proposals about how LPTV/TV Translator will fare post-repack, we hope you don't have any end-of-year holiday plans on your calendar,… Continue Reading
More than 30 petitions for reconsideration of the Incentive Spectrum Auction Report and Order have been filed - and deadlines for responding to those petitions have now been set.… Continue Reading
If you picked "mid-2015" in your office pool for the date the FCC's incentive spectrum auction would be held, we've got some bad news for you.… Continue Reading
If you've been planning on filing comments about the FCC's proposed TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund Reimbursement Form, you've got an extra 30 days to get your thoughts together.… Continue Reading
The FCC has finally begun to address what post-repack life might look like for LPTVs and TV translators - but it presents more questions than answers.… Continue Reading
The Media Bureau has given the television industry a sobering glimpse of what life will be like immediately after the close of the Incentive Auction.… Continue Reading
If you think you might want to ask the FCC to reconsider its spectrum incentive auction Report and Order, or maybe ask a court of appeals to review it, you should mark your calendar now.… Continue Reading
A report commissioned by the FCC provides a clear, if unpleasant, glimpse of the practical burdens the TV industry faces in the channel repacking process.… Continue Reading
The public notice doesn't say anything about requiring licensees to patronize equipment suppliers who offer Green Stamps, but we're guessing the Bureau might be open to that if somebody were to suggest it.… Continue Reading
With just 12 days to go before Auction 94 is set to kick off, the FCC has identified the 85 bidders who have qualified to participate in this year's FM Construction Permit Sell-a-Thon.… Continue Reading
