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Comments Due June 12 on Proposal to Expand the Use of Distributed Transmission Systems by TV Stations Operating with ATSC 3.0 Transmission Systems – What is Being Asked?

By David Oxenford|2020-05-13T12:19:38-05:00May 13th, 2020|Legal News|

The FCC’s proposal to expand the use of Distributed Transmission Systems by television stations operating with the new ATSC 3.0 transmission system was published in the Federal Register today (here). That publication announces that the comment deadlines on the FCC’s DTS Notice of Proposed Rulemaking are due by Friday, June 12, 2020, and reply comments... Continue Reading…

DTS: More or Less, What’s Your Guess?

By Peter Tannenwald|2020-04-02T07:49:05-05:00April 2nd, 2020|Legal News|

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking looking toward relaxing restrictions on Distributed Antenna Systems (“DTS”) for full-power television stations and making DTS newly available to Class A and Lower Power Television (“LPTV”) stations. With DTS, a TV station installs multiple transmitters at separate sites. Each transmitter operates on the...… Continue Reading

NAB and APTS Seek Changes in Rules to Allow Greater Use of Distributed Transmission Systems by TV Stations – FCC Seeks Initial Comments on Proposal

By David Oxenford|2019-10-14T10:01:36-05:00October 14th, 2019|Legal News|

The National Association of Broadcasters and APTS (America’s Public Television Stations – the associations of public television stations) have filed a Petition for Rulemaking seeking to expand the area in which licensees can locate distributed transmission system transmitters (also known as single frequency networks), in connection with ATSC 3.0 operations. With the new ATSC 3.0... Continue Reading…

Reply Comments on FCC Incubator Diversity Program Due April 9

By FHH Law|2018-03-29T14:05:49-05:00March 29th, 2018|Legal News|

On Nov. 20, 2017, the FCC released an Order on Reconsideration of several of its broadcast multiple and cross-ownership rules, which included a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) looking toward increasing minority, female, and small business ownership by establishing an “incubator” program which incentives established broadcasters to help those types of entities. Comments on the...… Continue Reading

Busy Times Lie Ahead in Telecomm as Pai Lays Out Modernization Plans

By FHH Law|2017-09-11T11:33:48-05:00September 11th, 2017|Legal News|

As we wrote about last week, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is planning to make some major overhauls at the FCC. Eight months into his term, Pai is preparing to “modernize [the FCC’s] rules to match the realities of today’s marketplace.” At this year’s National Broadcast Association’s Radio Show, Pai announced he would present to his...… Continue Reading

FCC’s September Agenda Packed with Proposed ‘Modernizations’

By FHH Law|2017-09-07T16:20:58-05:00September 7th, 2017|Legal News|

Main Studio and Paper Rules on the Chopping Block, AM Revitalization on the Way It’s shaping up to be a busy few months for FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. And did you know September is Modernization Month? Well, at least according to Chairman Pai it is. Today, the Chairman announced a new initiative to curtail, or...… Continue Reading

What Happens in Vegas in April…We’ll Tell You About in May

By FHH Law|2017-04-20T10:59:10-05:00April 20th, 2017|Legal News|

Regular readers of our “Memorandum to Clients” publication are an astute and well-read bunch (probably because they read the “MTC”). So we’re guessing that you are generally aware of our usual publication schedule and plan your lives accordingly. That’s why we want to get ahead of any potential concern this month by telling you that … Continue Reading

TVStudy Passes the D.C. Circuit Test

By Davina Sashkin|2015-06-13T15:53:57-05:00June 13th, 2015|Legal News|

Court green lights FCC use of updated software for OET-69 calculations A seemingly small but crucial element of the FCC’s incentive auction preparations has survived a broadside attack in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. As...

NAB to FCC: Erase, Replace White Space Database

By Jon Markman|2015-04-23T20:38:05-05:00April 23rd, 2015|Legal News|

Citing raft of errors, NAB urges suspension, overhaul of database requirements The television white space (TVWS) database system, intended to increase the efficient use of TV spectrum, is a mess, according to the National Association of Broadcasters (N...