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To prepare for the restructuring of broadcast television, public TV leaders must develop a coherent strategy for investing in innovation and public service.
With an oversupply of astronomically priced spectrum offered in the auction’s first stage, Public Media Company analysts predict what’s ahead.
The FCC also announced a starting date for the auction.
Stations have 32 hours — from 10 a.m. Monday until 6 p.m. Tuesday EDT — to let the FCC know.
The FCC’s opening bid for WNYE to relinquish all its spectrum is $770.2 million.
The FCC’s opening bid for WYCC to relinquish all spectrum is $474.2 million.
A simulation predicts that the most significant payouts will be limited to the 10 largest markets.
Paula Kerger spoke with TV critics Monday about the FCC spectrum auction, the success of Downton Abbey and the future of Mercy Street.
The state’s broadcasting authority said it “has no intention of exiting public television.”
Stations had to file with the FCC by Jan. 12 to be eligible to participate in the auction.
WKAR’s licensee has decided not to give up spectrum in the FCC auction.
Learn whether your station or others in your market could be “winners.”
The development will “impact public television across the state.”
The bill also would allow the FCC to give stations extensions past the 39-month repacking deadline.
Stations in Michigan and Texas could lose spectrum.
Translator operators may not be able to find new channel space after the auction is over.
Learn how the auction will work and what it means for public TV stations and viewers.
The auction’s biggest impact will be on public TV, but a consultant warns that radio could experience fallout.
Consultants will draw on data to estimate the likelihood that the FCC will purchase a public TV station’s spectrum and how much that spectrum could be worth.
A member of the public TV station’s advisory board makes a case for keeping it on the air.