LPTV/TV Translators

FCC Seeks Comment on Implementation of Low Power Protection Act April 6, 2023

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...

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December 1, 2021: DTV Ancillary/Supplementary Services Reports Due November 24, 2021

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...

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July 13, 2021, Deadline for: (1) LPTV and TV Translator Stations to Transition to Digital Operations and (2) Eligible Full Power Stations to File for DTDRTs June 11, 2021

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...

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New Full Power DTS/SFN Rules Set to Take Effect on May 24th; Low Power Stations Still Waiting April 26, 2021

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...

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Repack Status Update; LPTV and TV Translator Repack Reimbursement Allocation Increased to 92.5 Percent of Verified Estimates February 26, 2021

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...

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DTS/SFN Rules to be Modified to Accommodate Defined Amount of Spillover and Increase Transmitter Placement Flexibility February 26, 2021

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...

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March 13, 2021: Deadline for LPTV and TV Translator Stations to Request Final Extension of Digital Construction Permits for Forthcoming Digital Transition Deadline February 14, 2021

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...

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One Year Warning: July 13, 2021 Deadline for LPTV and Television Translator Stations to Cease Analog Operations and Transition to Digital Operations July 15, 2020

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...

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Commission Considers Loosening Restrictions on Television Broadcasters’ Use of Distributed Transmission Systems in Light of Impending ATSC 3.0 Deployment April 8, 2020

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...

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Initial Repack Reimbursement Allocation Made for LPTV and Translator Stations, Accounting for up to 85% Verified Costs April 8, 2020

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...

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