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...
View ArticleFCC 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...
View ArticleFCC 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...
View ArticleIncentive 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...
View ArticleExpecting 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...
View ArticleRepack 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...
View ArticleFCC 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”)...
View ArticleReminder: 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...
View ArticleRepack 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...
View ArticleFCC 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...
View ArticleIncentive 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...
View ArticleFCC 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...
View ArticleFCC 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...
View ArticleIncentive 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...
View ArticleExpecting 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...
View ArticleRepack 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...
View ArticleOnline Repack Relocation Reimbursement System Now Available for Testing
Sure, we all still have a ways to go before the Incentive Auction wraps, but it’s not too early to start thinking about relocation reimbursements. As we all know, TV stations re-assigned to new...
View ArticleSpectrum Auction Update: An FCC Victory in Court, But Disappointing Forward...
D.C. Circuit tosses LPTV challenge to auction/repack process, but $65 billion differential between forward and reverse auction bids forces second bid round with lower clearing target. On the Spectrum...
View ArticleUpdate: Channel-Sharing Provision of New LPTV/TV Translator Rules Now in Effect
Slowly but surely the post-repack regulatory landscape for LPTVs and TV translators is getting established. Back in December, the Commission adopted a number of provisions addressing the predicaments...
View ArticleUpdate: Effective Date Set for More of the New Rules Governing Wireless Mics,...
Effective date of a Wireless Medical Telemetry Service rule is still pending. Last August we reported on a number of changes in the rules governing wireless mics and white space devices, and last...
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