Pai Announces Public Auction for C-Band Spectrum
FCC will run auction that will sell 280 MHz for the development of 5G.FCC will run auction that will sell 280 MHz for the development of 5G.
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Walden: We Need to Find $3B for Auction Repack
Chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee says Congress will have to find the money to make up the difference between the $1.75 billion allocated for the post broadcast incentive auction repack and what it is actually going to cost and that he is on the case.
FCC Incentive Auction Payments Parsed...
Of the payees, 11 will be going off the air, 132 will channel share and 30 volunteered to move to a lower channel in exchange for a payment.
Subchannel: Top 15 Markets by Incentive Auction Take
No.1 DMA New York topped the charts, with 10 TV stations carrying 29 networks selling for north of $1.4 billion.
FCC's Jean Kiddoo, Hillary DeNigro to Oversee Repack
Jean Kiddoo has been named chair of the Incentive Auction Task Force and that Hillary DeNigro will join her as deputy chair.
Auction Over, Now Let’s Assess the Damage
With the end of the FCC’s spectrum auction in January, it’s time to measure its damaging effects on broadcasters.
B&C: Spectrum Auction Guru Gary Epstein Exiting FCC
With the close of the FCC broadcast incentive auction last week, FCC Incentive Auction Task Force chairman Gary Epstein will be exiting at the end of the month, Epstein confirmed to B&C.
PBS SoCal to Invest $49 Million Auction Revenues
PBS SoCal KOCE, the flagship PBS station for Southern California, including Los Angeles, announced it earned $49 million in the FCC incentive auction and will invest the one-time revenues in content, broadband distribution platforms and its financial well-being.
T-Mobile Takes the Most TV Spectrum for $8 Billion
T-Mobile was the big winner in the recently concluded TV spectrum incentive auction, followed by Dish and Comcast, according to Marci Ryvicker, senior analyst at Wells Fargo.
987 Stations Displaced, 175 Broadcasters to Split $10 Billion
The auction results are in and the new TV channel assignments are out.
Repack Reax
The incentive auction officially closed today and the TV channel repack officially began with the issuance of the Federal Communications Commission’s “Auction Closing and Channel Reassignment Public Notice,” which brought a round of reactions from broadcasters, observers and administrators.
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.
Scripps Takes No Auction Proceeds
E.W. Scripps Company has officially announced that it will not receive proceeds from the auctioning of broadcast spectrum.
Tribune Expects $190 Million in Spectrum Auction Proceeds
Tribune Media expects $190 million in pre-tax proceeds from auction.
FCC Extends Comment Period on Repack Reports
The comment period has been extended for weighing in on the TV channel repack reporting requirements to Feb. 17, with replies due Feb. 27.
FCC Boosts Auction Bid Increment to 10%
Incentive auction organizers will boost the amount bid prices will increase between rounds starting Wednesday, Feb. 1.
Auction Proceeds Round 9: $18,505,053,387
TV Incentive spectrum auction proceeds hit $18,505,053,387 after nine rounds of bidding concluded on Wednesday, Jan. 25.
Final Stage Auction Rule Met at $18.2 Billion
The closing criteria of the television spectrum incentive auction have been met at $18.2 billion in bids for 70 MHz of public airwaves.
Auction Underwhelms
The $80 billion windfall predicted from the TV spectrum incentive auction failed to materialize eight months in.
FCC Sets 108 MHz Clearing Target
The Federal Communications Commission today set a third-stage clearing target of 108 MHz for the TV incentive spectrum auction.
Incentive Auction Moves to Stage III
The second stage of the TV spectrum incentive auction has closed...
FCC Reverse Auction Stage II Closes at $54.6B
The second stage of the TV spectrum incentive auction has closed at a clearing target cost of $54.6 billion, north of twice what the $23.1 billion wireless providers bid in the first stage of the forward auction.
McAdams On: TV’s Moving Parts
There are more moving parts in the broadcast TV business than a Swiss watch with tectonic-sized components.
FCC: Auction Opening Broadcaster Bids Released
Broadcasters’ opening bid prices are out. The Federal Communications Commission today released the opening bid price that it will offer each broadcaster in the 2016 TV spectrum incentive auction.