Deborah D McAdams

Recent webcast discusses ATSC 3.0's role in automotive connectivity

The assignment phase is expected to last several weeks.

Demand continued to exceed supply in cities such as Corpus Christi, Texas; Evansville, Ind.; Hannibal, Mo.; South Bend, Ind.; Valentine, Neb.; and Red Oak, Iowa, to name a few.

The FCC today confirmed that the fourth-stage forward auction will commence tomorrow, Wednesday, Jan. 18 at 10 a.m. Eastern.

The U.S. gained 144 low-power TV licenses in 2016 despite the uncertain future of LPTVs, which are not assured a channel assignment in the post-incentive auction repack.

Broadcasters asked $10 for 84 MHz in the fourth stage of the TV spectrum incentive reverse auction, which concluded as scheduled on Friday, Jan. 13.

Beginning Tuesday, Jan. 10, the bidding schedule will change to four rounds per day.

The commission boosted the activity requirement and the opening bid price per round as the auction wears on.

The comment period has been extended for weighing in on the TV channel repack reporting requirements to Feb. 17, with replies due Feb. 27.

The TV spectrum incentive action is going into lightning rounds as the prices inch up in a handful of smaller markets where demand continues to exceed supply

The company said that operations would not be materially affected, which means the company may be working out channel-sharing arrangements.

The chairman declared that henceforth the commissioner’s will vote on consent decrees, which are now at the discretion of the chief of the Enforcement Bureau and the chairman’s office.

This version includes an updated interference-check mode, new map output options, support for additional or updated underlying data sources, and several new analysis modes.

There’s no avoiding a deadline.

Belden’s Steve Lampen said told HPA Tech Retreat program organizer Mark Schubin he could talk about 4K over coax cable, and hat Schubin said, “we’re tired of 4K. Talk about something besides 4K.”

The FCC this morning announced that it had “just authorized the first LTE-U—LTE for unlicensed—devices in the 5 GHz band.”

FCC will host a post-auction procedures workshop Monday, March 13.

Shortly after the FCC approved the first use of unlicensed LTE in the 5 GHz band, T-Mobile announced it would launch LTE-U over its network by this spring.

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