You weren’t planning on taking summer vacation this year, were you? Good, because the dates for Auction 98 have now been set, and it looks like they’ll suck up most of the summer. So get out your calendar and mark these dates: May 18, 2015 ...
One more step toward the incentive auction ... Late last year we reported on a draft of Form 2100, Schedule 381. That’s the form (technical title: “Pre-Auction Technical Certification Form”) to be completed and filed by (a) all full-p...
The bidding won’t start until July, but there’s no time like the present to check out this year’s opportunities. The FM construction permits available in the 2015 auction have hit the show room floor. If you’re thinking ...
The bidding won’t start until July, but there’s no time like the present to check out this year’s opportunities. The FM construction permits available in the 2015 auction have hit the show room floor. If you’re thinking ...
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...
FCC tries to tie down crucial elements of underlying auction design, including definitions of “clearing targets”, “spectrum impairments” While the schedule may have slipped some, the Incentive Auction is still on its way. And ev...
Media Bureau announces “Pre-Auction Licensing Deadline” by which full power and Class A TV facilities must be licensed to be eligible for protection when the repack happens. If you’re a full power or Class A TV licensee and you’...
Still a work in progress, but an excellent opportunity both to see what the FCC has in mind and also to suggest possible improvements to the form before it takes final shape. A couple of weeks ago we reported on a Federal Register notice announci...
Can we all agree that responding to the invitation to comment on Form 2100, Schedule 318 would be easier if the form were available for review? Like the first sparse snowflakes heralding a major blizzard long predicted but slow to arrive, an announceme...