incentive auction

Had kept them under wraps for two years.

The last day to file a petition to challenge incentive auction bidding procedures has been set.

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.

“It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way….”

Net proceeds after round five of the TV spectrum incentive forward auction reach just over $10 billion on Thursday afternoon, the third day of bidding.

The first week of the TV spectrum incentive forward auction concluded with bids totaling 12 percent of the $88 billion goal.

Upfront payments from bidders for relinquished TV spectrum are due July 1, the Federal Communications Commission announced today.