News – Page 319 – Tennessee Association of Broadcasters

FCC Releases Tentative Amounts for Opening Offers to TV Stations to Surrender their Spectrum in the Incentive Auction – and the Numbers Are High

By David Oxenford|2015-02-09T11:43:35-06:00February 9th, 2015|Legal News|

On Friday, the FCC released a new report by the investment bankers advising them on the incentive auction, Greenhill and Company. This report summarizes proposed auction procedures, but also sets out, on a market-by-market basis, the expected opening bids to be offered to TV broadcasters for the surrender of their spectrum so that the spectrum … Continue Reading

Incentive Auction Update: Projected Opening Bids Shoot Up in Latest Greenhill Report

By Davina Sashkin|2015-02-08T14:52:09-06:00February 8th, 2015|Legal News|

Latest Greenhill estimates incorporate more sophisticated procedures and analytics, results of AWS-3 auction. Let’s say that you’re a TV broadcaster (full-service or Class A), and you’ve been thinking about participating in the Incen...

Roam-eo, Roam-eo, Wherefore Art Thou? Locating E911 Callers to Become Easier

By Tony Lee|2015-02-08T14:00:38-06:00February 8th, 2015|Legal News|

With widespread cooperation, Commission looks to improve accuracy, reliability of E911 location capability Back in the day, when landline phones ruled, emergency responders could locate 911 callers with relative ease. After all, each landline phone was...

Copyright Office Issues its Report on Music Licensing – Issues Include Broadcast Performance Royalties, Publisher Withdrawals from ASCAP and BMI, and Pre-1972 Sound Recordings

By David Oxenford|2015-02-08T11:45:58-06:00February 8th, 2015|Legal News|

The Copyright Office this past week released its Report following its study of music licensing in the US; a comprehensive report addressing a number of very controversial issues concerning music rights and royalties. Whether its release during the week of the Grammy Awards was a coincidence or not, the report itself, which takes positions on … Continue Reading

On the 76-81 GHz Screen: More Radar, Less Amateur?

By Mitchell Lazarus|2015-02-08T09:56:29-06:00February 8th, 2015|Legal News|

FCC proposes increased radar uses of the band, to the possible detriment of radio astronomers and amateur radio. Just ten years ago, the upper reaches of the millimeter wave bands – the “nosebleed” spectrum – were mostly empty. ...

Another Fine for Tower Lighting Issues – $20,000 – Warning to Large Companies that Fines May be Enhanced So That They are Not Just a “Cost of Doing Business”

By David Oxenford|2015-02-05T10:43:19-06:00February 5th, 2015|Legal News|

A few weeks ago, we wrote about several recent cases where tower owners were fined for not having their towers lights working in the manner that was required by their licenses. In another case released this week, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau decided that a $20,000 fine was appropriate for a tower owner in Alaska whose … Continue Reading

More Incentive Auction Dates – Comments Extended on Auction Procedures, Deadlines for Digital Buildouts

By David Oxenford|2015-02-05T10:40:11-06:00February 5th, 2015|Legal News|

The incentive auction to repurpose part of the TV band for wireless broadband marches on, and activity takes place on an almost daily basis. Last week, in providing the February Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters, we mentioned the dates for comments on the auction procedures, asking questions about the mechanics of the auction and how the … Continue Reading

Don’t Look Now, But the FCC Took Your Broadband Away

By Mitchell Lazarus|2015-02-05T09:48:57-06:00February 5th, 2015|Legal News|

New definition denies “broadband” service to millions of Americans. The FCC has taken broadband away from millions of American households. Sure, their connections still work fine. Their speed is unchanged. But the service all those...

Beware of Music in Your Podcasts – SoundExchange, ASCAP, BMI and SESAC Don’t Give You the Rights You Need

By David Oxenford|2015-02-03T11:12:22-06:00February 3rd, 2015|Legal News|

Last week, I listened in to presentation by RAIN News providing an excellent overview of the digital music industry (their Whitepaper setting out the findings reported during the presentation is available here). One statement in that presentation suggested to me today’s topic – the use of music in podcasts. In the RAIN presentation, a statement … Continue Reading