Tag: Spectrum
Pubcasters may benefit from potential FCC changes to use of educational spectrum
The commission is considering rule changes that could give educational institutions and some public broadcasters more flexibility to make money from frequencies ...Devoting spectrum to public safety seen as strategic move for public TV
Advances in broadcast technology provide an opportunity to join a first-responders network.Florida public TV station examines options as spectrum auction looms
The university has hired financial consultancy Bond & Pecaro to estimate WUSF’s spectrum value.CPB funds will go toward helping pubTV execs make spectrum decisions
CPB will spend $3 million to give public television executives access to expert advice on the upcoming broadcast spectrum auction. The extremely high ...Monday roundup: PBS, NPR ombuds address Gaza reporting; commercial TV station tries memberships
• Public media’s coverage of the conflict in Israel and the Gaza Strip has some audience members questioning news outlets’ objectivity. Last week, PBS Ombudsman ...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 ...Incentive auction threatens over-the-air public TV service, says CPB report
Though the FCC’s incentive auction next year might give a short-term financial boost to a handful of public TV stations, it could ...Friday roundup: PRX enlists Jacapps for station apps; FCC divulges data on interference
Plus: an interview with the creator of Vicious, and a boost for Reading Rainbow from Seth MacFarlane.Tuesday roundup: FCC reveals spectrum auction details; Angelou doc goes forward
Plus: A TV quiz show hits its 40th year on the air, and Arthur gets a hip-hop treatment.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 ...CPB finds pubTV stations committed to keeping spectrum
Anxiety among public TV executives about channel repacking after spectrum auctions outweighs their enthusiasm for selling bandwidth, CPB s.v.p. Mark Erstling told ...Technical hurdles, unknown costs loom in spectrum repacking
As the FCC prepares to reshuffle the layout of the nation’s television spectrum for the repacking process, public broadcasters are girding for ...Nominee for FCC chair pledges to stick to spectrum auction schedule
During his June 18 Senate confirmation hearing for the position of Federal Communications Commission chairman, presidential nominee Tom Wheeler said it is ...Butler cautiously optimistic about spectrum auctions’ effects on public broadcasting
As broadcasters and their representatives prepare for the FCC’s upcoming auction of television broadcast spectrum, public TV’s top lobbyist is proceeding with ...New talking point on Capitol Hill: PubTV’s role in education
Public television’s strongest case for preserving tax-based support for stations and CPB centers on informing political leaders about the full range of ...
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