Latest articles by John Eggerton
Consolidates merger application, sets comment dates.
Had kept them under wraps for two years.
As part of deal to acquire Tribune stations.
Says FCC should retain 39 percent cap but adjust for 'artificially presumed reach' of all stations
Will get access to spectrum covering multiple Texas markets
The FCC has set May 7 as the deadline for comment on the information-collection requirements of its ATSC 3.0 rollout framework.
Say it is untenable to make stations 'float' 38 percent of repack expenses
The FCC has yet to restart its informal shot clock on reviewing the proposed $3.9 billion merger of Sinclair Broadcasting and Tribune Media.
FCC chair Ajit Pai said the FCC will be holding two spectrum auctions in short order, which means next November and soon thereafter.
Deal includes potential services agreement with buyer of both
Broadcasters have asked the FCC to reverse the presumption from “must-carry” to “retransmission consent” in carriage elections given that most stations now seek retrans payments.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has denied a petition from Prometheus Radio Project that it effectively stay the FCC's November vote to deregulate local broadcast ownership.
The House Energy & Commerce Committee's Communications Subcommittee will get a chance to grill the FCC commissioners this month.
Broadcasters will soon get the green flag on their race to an interactive, geo-targeted, video-on-demand future.
Nine more phases to go in post-incentive auction channel switches.
Current obtains report via FOIA request.
