Broadcasters, FCC In Spectrum Turf War
TV broadcasters look at the FCC’s recent drive to move them off frequencies and put their political advertising rates on the Internet …
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FCC Gives TV Channel-Sharing Green Light
By letting broadcasters share channels and not relinquish must-carry rights, the commission hopes to entice weak stations to double up (or …
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FCC ‘Unlikely’ To Release Repacking Data
That’s the word from FCC Media Bureau Chief Bill Lake who says making public the algorithm from which they are derived is enough since …
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FCC Readies ‘Complicated Spectrum Auction’
Congress granted FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's wish for the power to hold an airwaves auction that will pay broadcasters to abandon some …
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Alliance Wants Spectrum Model Released
The Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance is calling for the immediate release of the FCC's AOM (Allotment Optimization Model) that FCC …
FCC Names Auction Task Force Chief
Ruth Milkman, an aide to FCC Chairman Julius genachowski, is tapped to oversee six others on the new Incentive Auction Task Force.
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Here’s What’s Next For The Spectrum Auction
Washington communications attorney John Hane walks us through how the just-authorized broadcast TV spectrum auction may play out. He …
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FCC Can Auction Spectrum; Who Will Sell?
When it comes to parting with their spectrum, many broadcasters have the same attitude Charlton Heston had when it came to his rifle: The …
Incentive Auction Headed For Obama’s Desk
The Senate and House on Friday passed major payroll tax legislation that included approval for the FCC to auction off TV broadcast spectrum …
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Broadcasters, Wireless Missed Joint Victory
With the passage of legislation authorizing incentive auctions of TV spectrum for wireless broadband use, broadcasters scored a victory in …
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Payroll Bill With Auctions Heads To Obama
The Senate approved the $143 billion measure on a bipartisan 60-36 vote minutes after the House approved it by a sweeping 293-132 vote. …
Broadcasters OK With Auction In Payroll Bill
Broadcasters worried early in the debate that they might be forced to give up spectrum. But, thanks to Rep. Greg Walden, a former …
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Analyst: Selling Spectrum Smart For Some
RBC Capital Markets analyst David Bank says it would be smart business for a lot of independently owned stations to go ahead and make a deal …
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AT&T: Congress Should Set Auction Rules
In a challenge to the FCC's authority, AT&T said on Friday that Congress, not the commission, should set the conditions for proposed …
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FCC Chief Sees Incentive Auction Support
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said on Wednesday that he has received bipartisan support from a group of U.S. senators for so-called …
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Senators Object To House Spectrum Bill
A bipartisan quartet of U.S. senators has fired off a letter to Senate leaders Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) that objects …
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Levin: TV Spectrum Auctions Likely Doomed
The chief architect of the FCC's National Broadband Plan says the incentive auction of TV spectrum is unlikely to produce much spectrum for …
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No Hill Auction Action Until At Least 2012
On Saturday, the Senate adopted a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut that does not include any incentive spectrum auction …
Spectrum Auction Bill Advances In House
A Republican-backed payroll tax and jobs bill with TV spectrum auction language attached won House passage last night. But many hurdles …
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House Spectrum Bill Moves On, NAB Pleased
The Walden legislation that was approved by the House Communications Subcommittee today would make spectrum auction participation voluntary …
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Supercommittee’s Empty Spectrum Well
Lawmakers keep hoping that they can collect big bucks by auctioning off wireless spectrum. They can't.
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Should Spectrum Be Auctioned For Wireless?
Yes, says Jonathan Spalter, chairman of Mobile Future, because demand for data services is soaring. No, says Barbara Cochran of the …
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Super Committee New Focus Of Auction Push
The FCC’s desire to auction TV spectrum to aid wireless broadband and generate revenue is now centered on a House-Senate effort to …
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A Plan For Spectrum Peace In Our Time
The fight between the NAB and the FCC over spectrum auctions is ugly. The two groups should be working together for the common good — …
Dingell Slams FCC For Non-Responsiveness
The congressman is ticked at Julius Genachowski, saying the FCC chairman hasn’t given him a “substantive response” to his …
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In Spectrum Battles, Mom & Pop TV Loses
The FCC has been pushing for a while to get some 120 MHz of spectrum from the TV broadcasters and it sell it to the highest bidder. The NAB …
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NAB Runs Full Court Press On Auction Action
Sen. Harry Reid’s debt reduction proposal would permit the FCC to conduct incentive auctions of TV spectrum and share the …
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NAB: FCC Broadband Plan Would Kill Stations
A new analysis of the FCC’s National Broadband Plan by the National Association of Broadcasters finds that a minimum of 210 full-power …
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Just How Voluntary Is Senate Spectrum Bill?
The Senate bill authorizing FCC TV spectrum auctions is raising red flags after an amendment was added that makes it unclear that such …
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Congress May Fast-Track Spectrum Auctions
It’s looking increasingly likely that Congress may authorize the FCC to hold incentive auctions as soon as this summer as part of …
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Dingell Wants Spectrum Answers From FCC
Rep. John Dingell is skeptical of the FCC's plan to auction off up to 120 MHz of the TV spectrum to wireless broadband providers and he has …
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Broadcasting Staying Strong In Mobile World
The FCC is trying to entice the broadcasters to surrender some of their spectrum voluntarily, by promising to give them a portion of the …
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Genachowski’s Done With Spectrum Debate
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski told a Telecommunications Industry Association audience in Dallas Thursday that there should be no more …
Senators Pushing Safety/Spectrum Bill
It has been to goal of Congress to establish a national emergency interoperable communications system for first responders, ever since the …
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Rockefeller: No Forced Spectrum Move
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D- W. Va.) says he wants to get an incentive auction/emergency communications network bill passed by June, and …
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NAB Ticked Off At CEA Spectrum ‘Clock’
The Consumer Electronics Association, which has been cranking up its campaign for broadcast spectrum via its blog and new studies, has …
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CBS Plans To Keep Its Stations’ Spectrum
In its comments on the FCC's proposals on channel-sharing, spectrum "repacking" and improving VHF transmissions, CBS has taken a slightly …
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Who Will Blink First Over TV Spectrum?
I'm of the opinion that there isn't that big a divide between the FCC and NAB's positions. And I think all the posturing and threats will …
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Full Court Press On TV Spectrum Hits The Hill
CEA and CTIA are composing letters, commissioning surveys and writing white papers. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is giving speeches at …
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Frank: FCC Auction Plan Like ‘Leno In Prime’
As part of an NAB Show panel on the FCC’s spectrum plans, Post-Newsweek President Alan Frank says the proposal to auction spectrum to …
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Economists Plug Auctions For White House
The Obama Administration's campaign to reassign broadcast spectrum for wireless broadband is now focused on securing congressional …
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FCC To Move On Auctions ‘Promptly’
Proving yet again that where there’s a will, there’s a way, the FCC has announced that it is proceeding with incentive auctions …
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NAB Needs To Get Spectrum Act Together
The FCC plan to reclaim a big block of broadcast spectrum is the most critical issue facing broadcasters in the past three decades. So it's …
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Barrett: U.S. Shouldn’t Scrap Local TV
A pair of broadcast executives made a pitch in Washington Thursday night for the value of local broadcasting in the face of government calls …
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Warner, Wicker Introduce Spectrum Bill
Sens. Mark R. Warner and Roger Wicker Wednesday introduced a bill that would require federal agencies to provide more information on …
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Small Broadcasters Fight Spectrum Grab
A coalition of television station operators, including operators of religious and low-power stations, is preparing to stand firm to protect …
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House Said To Put Off Spectrum Hearing
The House Communications & Technology Subcommittee is not expected to hold a planned hearing on the FCC-administration's spectrum …
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Smith on Spectrum: We Won’t Be Rolled
The NAB president says broadcasters are willing to volunteer spectrum, but won't be put in a degraded position on the TV band.
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Kerry-Snowe Introduce Incentive Auction Bill
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), chairman of the Senate Communications Subcommittee, and Rep. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) introduced a bill that …
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Auction Talk Draws TV Spectrum Speculators
The likelihood of federal spectrum auctions is having a two-pronged effect: leading some buyers to look for low-priced stations to buy in …