incentive auction

Just how quiet is the “quiet period” following the deadline to apply for the TV spectrum incentive auction?

The U.S. and Canada have reached an initial agreement on repacking TV stations in the wake of next year’s incentive auction.

The window for broadcasters to apply to participate in the TV spectrum incentive auction has been pushed back due to some new numbers.

The reverse auction application workshop originally scheduled for Nov. 17 has been moved to Dec. 8.

“Once you leave here, you’re on the clock,” said Gary Epstein, chair of the FCC’s Incentive Auction Task Force.

Broadcasters will set their final collective asking price for 108 MHz of TV spectrum on Thursday, and bidding by wireless providers for that spectrum will start four days later, on Monday, Dec. 5.

Four days after stage two of the reverse auction closes, the FCC has announced that it will launch the second stage of the forward auction portion of the broadcast spectrum incentive auction.

Had kept them under wraps for two years.