Bert Schmidt Elected Chairman of APTS
Molly Phillips tapped as professional vice chair and Carol Kellerman as lay vice chair.
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APTS ‘Ready, Willing’ to Assist With FirstNet’s Public Safety Coverage
Supports the FCC reviewing the scope of FirstNet’s interoperability requirements.
House Approves CPB Increase in Fundings for FY2022
$495 million budget is first increase in 10 years.
House Subcommittee Proposes Boost in CPB Funding
Increase in funding, which would be for 2022 fiscal year, would be the first in 10 years.
President Trump’s 2020 Budget Again Proposes Slashes to CPB
Proposed FY 2020 budget would cut federal funding to $30 million each of the next two years.
APTS Urges FCC to Preserve EBS Requirements
Against proposal that would enable commercial entities to utilize EBS white space.
Public Broadcasters Raring to Go With ATSC 3.0
Public broadcasters are making strides with Next Gen TV development and have an eye toward when it might become a reality.
Noncoms Ask FCC For One-Time Satellite Must-Carry Election
Organizations say the "unnecessary" rule has allowed DBS providers to use it as a loophole through which to drop carriage.
DHS, Public TV Team up on Datacast Test for School Safety
Data stream from local public TV station was used to share critical information from the simulated incident
FCC Working Group Report ‘Re-imagines’ Emergency Alerting
Among other things, the report examines the potential of Next Gen TV and the efforts of PBS
Public TV Raises Concern Over Possible WEA Enhancement
APTS, PBS don't want to have to increase bandwidth to accommodate WEA improvements
APTS Elects Sherrese M. Smith to Its Board of Trustees
Begins three-year term as an at-large trustee on the APTS board
Research: Americans Want Public Broadcasting to Provide Earthquake Early Warnings
With their national reach, public broadcast stations are uniquely situated to alert the public to earthquake dangers
House Votes Unanimously to Pass RAY BAUM Act
Broadcasters move toward adequate repack funding with house bill passage
CPB, APTS Address Trump’s 2018 Budget Proposal
The White House released President Trump’s proposed 2018 budget on Tuesday and once again it looks to eliminate funding for the Corporation of Public Broadcasting.
FCC Fixes to Clean Out Media Rules Closet
What to leave in. What to leave out. That is the question the Federal Communications Commission is asking in a review of its “rules applicable to media entities, including broadcasters, cable operators, and satellite television providers.”
Pacific Mountain Network Shutting Down, Gives Funds to APTS
As one door closes, another opens with the announcement that the Pacific Mountain Network (PMN) will be closing its doors after nearly 40 years.
APTS Members Get Crash Course on Repack, ATSC 3.0
Public stations like PBS and other local channels like it provide many educational services/programs through their stations, but Wednesday afternoon they got a crash course in some of the biggest issues set to face the industry over the next few years.
Homeland S&T and APTS Bring Datacasting to First Responders
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate has signed an agreement with American Public Television Stations in an effort to improve communications for the first responder community.
House Appropriations Committee Recommends Public Broadcast Funding
A week after the U.S. House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee made its recommendation for public broadcasting funding, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee did the same.
House Subcommittee Recommends Public Broadcast Funding
A little less than a month after the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved funding for public broadcasting, the U.S. House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee also recommended the funding for public broadcasting.
APTS Approves of Senate’s Public Broadcasting Funding
Patrick Butler, president and CEO of America’s Public Television Stations, praised the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee on its recent funding of public broadcasting.