incentive auction

As the incentive auction is now into the second week of its reverse portion, the number of rounds per day could be bumped up to three as bidders become more comfortable with the process.

The post-auction TV station relocation reimbursement process is taking shape.

The team brought on at the FCC to create the incentive auction architecture will stay on for the repack and the spectrum hand-off, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler told lawmakers this week.

The next step in the broadcast incentive auction looks to be about four weeks away, according to the FCC’s public notice on the forward auction.

The first reverse stage of the TV spectrum incentive auction had concluded, with a clearing cost of $86,422,558,704.

The Federal Communications Commission’s Incentive Auction Task Force today announced that Jean L. Kiddoo is joining the task force as Deputy Chair for Transition.

What if the reverse and forward auction price points do not initially come together?

The first filing deadline of Transition Progress Reports for full power and Class A stations that will be changing channels during the post-incentive auction transition is Oct. 10

The National Association of Broadcasters has asked regulators to reconsider the 39-month repacking window following next year’s TV spectrum incentive auction.

The eased channel-sharing rules allowing TV stations to select a back-up partner, and to communicate with potential sharing partners without fear of violating the incentive auction rules.