Following the close of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) broadcast spectrum incentive auction, nearly 1,000 stations had to move to new frequencies to make room for wireless services. Most …
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The (Hot) Airband Initiative
In 2017, in an effort to secure guaranteed access to free nationwide spectrum, Microsoft announced the “Airband Initiative,” hyped as a plan to address the …
The Negative Sum Game
Microsoft would have you believe their proposal to require broadcasters to hold open at least one additional channel in the broadcast band for unlicensed use …
Time to Stick to the Facts and Find the Right Answer
These are exciting times. The long-anticipated broadcast television spectrum incentive auction is scheduled to begin in less than one week. Designing the reverse and forward …
You Want Breaking News Coverage? Then Mind the Gap
When was the last time you turned to TV to follow details of breaking news as it unfolded – the real, on-the-ground coverage from reporters …
Sorry to Disappoint, But NAB Is Playing It Straight Up
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler certainly traveled a great distance simply to accuse the NAB yesterday in Las Vegas of seeking to delay or derail his …
The Point of Being a Ninja Is to Avoid Attention
As my 8-year-old works to navigate the travails of making friends in second grade, one of his most unfortunate emerging strategies has been to do …
Broadcasters Show Their Commitment to Public Safety
Much attention has been paid to KSFY (Sioux Falls, S.D.) anchor Nancy Naeve’s recent on-air rebuke of viewers who complained about the station breaking into …
Today’s Therapy: Trust and Sharing
Today television stations KLCS and KJLA released a comprehensive report on their channel sharing pilot in Los Angeles. For broadcasters, the results are not a …
What Consensus Really Means and the Importance of Driving It
In December, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee conducted an oversight hearing on the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) implementation of the Spectrum Act, and …