‘Alternative Video’ Gaining Ground on Traditional TV Programming
On the same day that the Emmy Awards announce their nominations for the 2018 season, a new report suggests that an increasing number of viewers are watching “alternative content”
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Popularity of OTT Pay-TV Service Grows Among Broadband Households
Majority want to continue to access local channels, regardless of the plan they choose
FCC Funding Network Rebuilds in Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
Plan set to provide $954 million for communication networks
Report: 37 Million Homes to be Broadband-Only by 2022
The next five years are going to see a surge in households making the move to be broadband-only according to media research group Kagan.
Tech Voices Push for White Spaces
The Voices of Innovation is a group of tech companies that are rallying behind a proposal from Microsoft that the FCC reserve channels in the white spaces of the broadcast TV band for unlicensed devices could be used to promote rural broadband deployment.
Congress Pushes FCC to Use White Spaces for Rural Broadband
Members on both sides of the aisle in Congress are calling on the FCC to emphasize TV white spaces as a potential resource for future broadband as the spectrum repack begins.
Report: Majority of Broadband Households Watching Internet on the TV
Why watch YouTube on your phone when you can watch it on your big screen TV?
Airborne Wireless Completes Proof-of-Concept Flight Test
Airborne Wireless Network reported making proof-of-concept flights for its airborne broadband system three weeks into its experimental spectrum license.
FCC Approves Airborne Broadband Tests
The experimental license information is in FCC file number 0378-EX-ST-2017X.
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?
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.
Report: Internet-Connected TVs in 74 Percent of U.S. Homes
Practically three out of every four homes that use broadband in the U.S. now has an internet-connected TV, according to the most recent report from The Diffusion Group (TDG).