The holds issued by Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) on the re-nomination of Democratic FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel have been lifted.

In response to a petition filed by EchoStar to the FCC on Oct. 7 that the Commission waive Section 15.117(b) of its rules, which requires broadcast receives to be capable of receiving all channels allocated by the Commission to the television broadcast service until Aug. 31, 2017, the FCC is now requesting comments from the industry.

After a four-year freeze, the FCC has announced that it will lift the sanction on making major modifications to TV stations’ coverage areas.

According to multiple industry groups, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has been renominated for another five-year term on the commission.

Following some major pushback against the set-top revamp proposal from FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, the proposal has been removed from the September Open Meeting agenda after not securing the necessary three votes.

The White House’s proposed budget could very well bring some cuts to the FCC, financially and in terms of staff.

FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai is on the ATSC 3.0 bandwagon.

As the incentive auction is now into the second week of its reverse portion, the number of rounds per day could be bumped up to three as bidders become more comfortable with the process.