LPTV/TV Translators

On March 30, 2023, the FCC initiated a proceeding to implement the recently enacted Low Power Protection Act (“LPPA”), which offers certain low power television (“LPTV”) stations a “limited window...

Next Wednesday, December 1, 2021, marks another important deadline for those digital full power, Class A, low power, and TV translator licensees (as well as permittees operating pursuant to an...

We’re currently only about a month away from an important date that licensees of LPTV and TV translator stations should have circled on their calendars—July 13, 2021—which is the date...

According to a recent Federal Register publication, May 24, 2021, will mark the effective date for many of the Commission’s new rules “modestly easing limitations” on transmitter deployment for distributed...

A Public Notice (the “Notice”) recently released by the FCC’s Incentive Auction Task Force and Media Bureau (the “Bureau”) provides an update on the status of the spectrum repack, as...

The Commission has adopted a Report and Order (the “Order”) “modestly easing limitations” on transmitter deployment for distributed transmission systems (“DTSs,” also known as single frequency networks, or “SFNs”) and...

You may recall that the date by which LPTV and TV translator stations must transition to digital operations—and terminate all analog television operations—is July 13, 2021.  But there’s another, earlier...

By recent Public Notice (the “Notice”), the Media Bureau issued a reminder to low power TV (“LPTV”) and TV translator stations that there is only one year remaining until the...

A petition filed late last year by America’s Public Television Stations (“APTS”) and NAB related to the deployment of ATSC 3.0 (the next generation broadcast television standard) may have struck...

According to a recent Public Notice (the “Notice”) issued by the Incentive Auction Task Force and Media Bureau (the “Bureau”), LPTV and TV translator stations seeking reimbursement for repack-related expenses...