FCC Broadcast Station Totals for 2017
The FCC released year ending broadcast station totals for 2017 last month. Overall, the station counts have been fairly consistent...
Musings on Spectrum
AT&T Sells Remaining 600 MHz Spectrum AT&T recently filed a document with the FCC to transfer its 600 MHz holdings to LB License Company,...
Early January 2018 Industry News
Pearl TV The Pearl TV Consortium of eight major TV stations is off to a very nice start in 2018 with Sony to develop a new on-screen...
Repeal of Net Neutrality
The Federal Communications Commission voted on December 14th to repeal its Net Neutrality rules. This decision reversed the agency’s 2015...
The Countdown to Net Neutrality
We are in the final countdown to the vote on Net Neutrality which will take place at the FCC Open Meeting on December 14th. I've...
Broadcasters Praise the FCC Vote to Authorize the ATSC 3.0 Next Generation TV Standard
Reaction to the FCC vote to authorize ATSC 3.0 was very positive among broadcasters and organizations. The NAB stated the commission’s...
November 16th is a Big Day for ATSC 3.0
On November 16th, the FCC will vote on the voluntary roll-out of the new ATSC 3.0 next gen TV standard. One especially interesting...
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Confirmed
On October 2nd, the Senate confirmed Ajit Pai to serve a second five year term at the FCC, retroactive to June 2016. Pai has broad...
iPhone Spectrum Results
Last week on September 12th, Apple released more details on their new iPhones. The spectrum bands included in the new iPhones are...
FCC Voluntary Incentive Auction - Band 71
T-Mobile spent $8B in the FCC’s Voluntary Incentive Auction of Broadcast spectrum for 31 MHz of spectrum in the 600 MHz band. This...
