Latest articles by Deborah D McAdams
FCC Greenlights ATSC 3.0
The FCC today voted unanimously to allow broadcasters to voluntarily deploy the emerging “next-generation” television transmission standard known as ATSC 3.0.
Verizon Aims to Deploy 5G Pilot Programs in 11 Markets by Mid-2017
Verizon this week announced that it intended to launch 5G pilot programs in 11 U.S. markets by mid-2017.
FCC Plans Post-Auction Procedures Workshop
FCC will host a post-auction procedures workshop Monday, March 13.
FCC OK’s First Unlicensed LTE in 5 GHz
The FCC this morning announced that it had “just authorized the first LTE-U—LTE for unlicensed—devices in the 5 GHz band.”
HPA 2017: The Big Screen Resurges
People are watching YouTube videos on TV, the Super Bowl online, and movies where you’d never guess—in theaters.
HPA 2017: ATSC 3.0 Update
Did you hear the one about a bunch of broadcasters walking into a golf resort full of Hollywood production types?
ATSC 3.0 Components: Where They Are and What They Do
How many standards does it take to make a standard? Quite a few when you're inventing the wheel...
McAdams On: Local Journalism
I posted a meme on Facebook a while back—a cross-stitch saying, “Journalism. It’s a tough job with insane pressure and pretty crappy pay. On the other hand, everybody hates you.”
FCC Ok's WatchTV ATSC 3.0 DTS Experiment
A low-power broadcaster in the Pacific Northwest plans to fire up ATSC 3.0 broadcasts on multiple frequencies over a distributed transmission system.
Small Cable Ops Have ATSC 3.0 Questions
Small cable operators want to know how they would fit into a the proposed voluntary ATSC 3.0 adoption scheme.
39-Month Repack Clock to Start After March 30
The assignment phase of the TV spectrum incentive auction will commence March 6 and run through March 30, which signals the end of the auction and the start of the repack.
Forward Auction Closes at $19.6 Billion
The fourth and final forward TV spectrum incentive auction has now closed at $19,632,506,746, but the auction itself is not over. Forward auction winners will next vie for specific frequencies.
FCC Tells Bidders to Go All In
The commission boosted the activity requirement and the opening bid price per round as the auction wears on.
Sinclair Takes $313 Million in Auction Proceeds
Sinclair Broadcast Group announced that it expects to receive an estimated $313 million of gross proceeds from the TV spectrum incentive auction.
Fox's $350M Auction Take Reflects Early Overestimates
Fox Television Stations’ anticipated $350 million in auction proceeds fell short of the expectations of analysts at Wells Fargo, who, along with many others, expected higher overall revenues.
Pai: No More Consent Decrees Without a Vote
The chairman declared that henceforth the commissioner’s will vote on consent decrees, which are now at the discretion of the chief of the Enforcement Bureau and the chairman’s office.
Dell's OTA Pitches Post-Auction Spectrum Sales
OTA Broadcasting wants to sell stations to wireless providers in a post-auction aftermarket.
No Job Cuts in Gray TV $91M Auction Take
The company said that operations would not be materially affected, which means the company may be working out channel-sharing arrangements.
Auction Goes Into Lightning Rounds
The TV spectrum incentive action is going into lightning rounds as the prices inch up in a handful of smaller markets where demand continues to exceed supply
FCC Waives Auction Quiet Period
The Federal Communications Commission today waived the quiet period that enjoined broadcasters from talking shop during the TV spectrum incentive auction.
