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Repack Update: FCC Invites Comments on Widelity II
Input sought on revised catalog of likely repack expenses As we all know, TV stations forced by the Incentive Auction/spectrum repack process to modify their facilities will be entitled to...
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Expecting Money From The FCC Post-Incentive Auction?
If you’re the owner of a full-power or Class A broadcast television station or are a multichannel video program distributor, and anticipate receiving a winning bid or seeking reimbursement funds from...
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Incentive Auction Update: Quiet Period Partially Lifted, Channel...
After teasing that such relief was coming, the FCC has confirmed a partial waiver of the limitations on communications for reverse auction participants. In other words, broadcasters who participated in...
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FCC Releases Instructions on Receiving Incentive and Reimbursement Payments...
On March 29, 2017, the FCC released a Public Notice providing instructions to full power and Class A television broadcasters and Multi-Channel Video Programming Distributors (MVPDs) on receiving...
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FCC Brings Spectrum Auction to a Close, Sets Repack Transition in Motion
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...
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Incentive Auction Second Priority Filing Window Opens: What to Know
On Sept. 20, the FCC announced the second filing window for all full power and Class A television stations receiving new channel assignment as part of the post-incentive auction repack. The filing...
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FCC Grants Request by Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth to Revise Post-Auction...
January 16, 2018 – Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth is proud to announce that, through its efforts, the FCC’s Incentive Auction Task Force and the Media Bureau division on Jan. 11, 2018 granted a...
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Repack Funds and First Responders – What Broadcasters Need to Know About the...
Photo by Jomar courtesy of the Creative Commons Licence On Friday, March 23 President Trump signed a $1.3 trillion appropriations bill that will mean some significant changes to the broadcasting...
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Reminder: Special LPTV/Translator Displacement Filing Window Opens April 10
In case you forgot, this a reminder to Low Power Television and TV Translator broadcasters of the FCC’s Special Displacement Window for LPTV Stations. The FCC issued a 60-day advanced notice of the...
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FCC Proposes LPTV and FM Repack Reimbursement Schedule
The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has invited comments on a “catalog” of categories and amounts it thinks are reasonable for reimbursement of expenses incurred by low power TV (“LPTV”)...
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