TV translators

FCC Proposes Rules for Distributing Repack Funds to LPTV, TV Translator, and FM Stations; Part I: LPTV and TV Translators

By Dan Kirkpatrick|2018-08-21T09:30:12-05:00August 21st, 2018|Legal News|

Back in March 2018, Congress passed the Reimbursement Expansion Act (REA), which allocated additional funds to be used to reimburse broadcasters involuntarily affected by the post-incentive auction repacking of television stations. In addition to providing additional money for full-power and Class A stations, the REA for the first time expanded the universe of stations eligible...… Continue Reading

LPTV Displacement Filing Window Extended to June 1

By FHH Law|2018-04-19T16:00:41-05:00April 19th, 2018|Legal News|

On April 18, Commission’s Incentive Auction Task Force and Media Bureau announced that it was extending the special filing window for displaced Low Power Television and TV Translator Stations for a few extra weeks. The window for filing such applications will now close on June 1 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. The original due date was...… Continue Reading

Reminder: Special LPTV/Translator Displacement Filing Window Opens April 10

By FHH Law|2018-03-27T14:31:05-05:00March 27th, 2018|Legal News|

In case you forgot, this a reminder to Low Power Television and TV Translator broadcasters of the FCC’s Special Displacement Window for LPTV Stations. This 60-day filing window opens up on Tuesday, April 10 and lasts through Tuesday, May 15 at 11:59 p.m. EST. This special window is limited to applications to change channels, which...… Continue Reading

Ancillary/Supplementary Services Report and Public Notice Rule Face Regulatory Weed-Whacker

By Anne Goodwin Crump|2017-10-30T15:15:32-05:00October 30th, 2017|Legal News|

At its October meeting, the FCC proposed to clear away further regulatory underbrush by eliminating, or drastically modifying, two rules. The first is the requirement that all TV stations engaged in digital broadcasting file annual reports concerning Ancillary/Supplementary services that might have been offered. Second is the requirement that licensees filing certain applications publish and/or...… Continue Reading

FCC to Expand Channel Sharing Options for Post-Auction Repack

By FHH Law|2017-03-21T08:59:08-05:00March 21st, 2017|Legal News|

To spur participation in its incentive auction, the FCC early on adopted rules allowing full-power and Class A television licensees to share a single TV channel. That gave them an option to sell their spectrum to the Commission while also staying on the air. In 2015, the Commission expanded channel-sharing to low-power Television licensees and … Continue Reading

Reminder: ALL DTV Broadcasters Must File Form 317 by December 1

By Anne Goodwin Crump|2014-11-20T11:16:00-06:00November 20th, 2014|Legal News|

If you’re broadcasting video in digital, we’re talking to you. Attention, all DTV broadcasters! It’s that time of year again. Your Form 317 is due at the FCC by December 1. Since that’s the Monday following Thanksgiving wee...