Tag: spectrum auction
FCC delays spectrum auctions by several months, until early 2016
The FCC has postponed its auction of television broadcast spectrum to early 2016, according to a blog post on the commission website ...Appeal to protect public TV’s translators gets little traction with FCC
Pubcasters fear that hundreds of translators could be threatened by the spectrum auction planned for next year.FCC report aims to play up payout from spectrum auction
An FCC-sponsored report projecting huge potential paydays for television broadcasters in next year’s spectrum auctions could prompt public TV licensees to reconsider ...Monday roundup: Google Glass users can hear WBUR; Radiolab does hands-on journalism
Plus: the FCC's to-do list grows, and podcast listening rivals radio among some consumers.Public TV organizations ask FCC to protect noncoms when repacking spectrum
Three national public broadcasting organizations are asking the FCC to change its spectrum auction rules to ensure that channel repacking leaves no ...In historic first, LA pubTV stations agree to share spectrum for auction proceeds
Pubcasters KCETLink and KLCS in Los Angeles have agreed to participate in the upcoming FCC spectrum auction through a channel-sharing partnership that ...Private equity gobbling up public TV stations: what does the public get?
Public stations in Connecticut and San Mateo may be at the leading edge of a mass sell-off of public media assets in next year’s ...CPB eyes TV CSG rules in anticipation of spectrum auctions
CPB will review its television Community Service Grant policies to clarify how to handle station revenues from the upcoming spectrum auction. The auctions, ...Conn. network strikes deal with LocusPoint on proceeds from spectrum auction
The Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network plans to relinquish the spectrum assigned to WEDW-TV in Bridgeport, one of four stations in its statewide ...In spectrum auction, FCC should protect public TV’s coverage
The FCC recently released the entire text of its Report and Order detailing rules for the upcoming broadcast spectrum auctions, making it ...Tuesday roundup: Scher leaves KUOW amid programming changes; KCET mulls bandwidth sale
Plus: Voice of San Diego sells sponsored content, and media consultants question NPR's digital strategy.Monday roundup: APTS, PBS, CPB criticize FCC auction rules; ‘Bob Ross Bar Crawl’ set
• Pubcasting is not happy with the FCC’s spectrum auction report, with three of the system’s major organizations saying June 6 that ...Wednesday roundup: Pubradio breaks True Detective news; DPTV covers policy conference
And we're still waiting on spectrum auction specifics.FCC green-lights rules for TV spectrum auctions
The FCC formally adopted rules today for the television spectrum auctions slated for mid-2015. Most of the provisions align with what the FCC has said ...CPB urges FCC to preserve public TV coverage in spectrum auction
WASHINGTON, D.C. — CPB’s Board of Directors unanimously approved a resolution Thursday urging the FCC to avoid allowing “white areas” that would lack ...
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