TRANSITION PLAN RELEASED


BREAKING  NEWS
FCC RELEASES POST INCENTIVE AUCTION
PLANS INCLUDING THOSE FOR LPTV
   


FCC PDF
"We find these proposed actions have already been addressed in other Commission proceedings.   We  therefore decline to adopt any of these proposals.  We remain sensitive, however, to the concerns of the LPTV and TV translator community and will continue to explore measures, as we have already committed to doing, to alleviate the impact of repacking on displaced LPTV and TV translator stations. "
 

Seems that the FCC did not like any of the proposals the LPTV industry submitted and that the post auction mantra is "current rules" and the 3rd LPTV R&O.


FCC PDF
"We note that LPTV, TV translator, and digital replacement translator stations were not eligible to participate in the incentive auction, are not protected in the repacking process, are not eligible for reimbursement, and are not included in the phased transition schedule. Some of these facilities will be displaced as a result of the repacking process. Such a displaced station will have the opportunity to file an application for a construction permit to move to another channel or seek to channel share with another LPTV or TV translator station. "

There is critical information in here for Class A eligible stations, and not much for LPTV.  But it does spell out when displaced LPTV and translators have to move.




INITIAL TRADE PRESS REPORTS

















OPINION PIECE - MICHAEL COUZENS


KEY POINTS
  • MANY WILL LOSE TV, BUT NEVER SEE NEW BROADBAND SERVICES
  • THE AUCTION DISRUPTED, DISFIGURED BROADCAST TV; MORE TO COME
  • AUCTION PLANNERS OVERESTIMATED THE DEMAND
  • U.S. TREASURY BENEFIT OVERSOLD
  • AUCTION CREATED WHITE-SPACE PROBLEM IT IS 'SOLVING' 
  • AUCTION REVERSED NATIONAL POLICY FAVORING UNIVERSAL PUBLIC TV 
  • REPACKING MAY SEVERELY DAMAGE RURAL TV RECEPTION
  • AUCTION WILL DEGRADE OR DEMOLISH LPTV SERVICE
 



COALITION COMMENTARY
Couzens is well known and highly respected in the TV translator and LPTV industry.  If he says we got problems, well stop the engines and reverse course.  The o nly thing is that the ship of state is huge, takes years to change course, and all we got is a lifeboat called, "the right of displacement". So we recommend that you all out there in TV ownership land keep track of the potential problems in your own markets and community of license, and let us all know about them if they start.  







INCENTIVE AUCTION RESULTS
as of Friday evening...





$18,583,877,387 in forward auction bids
$12,011,676,822 in broadcaster final bids, FCC auction costs, relo fund
$  6,572,200,565 in "profits" to the Treasury


THE 115TH CONGRESS NEEDS TO FIX THIS
OUR VIEWERS ARE NOT SECONDARY!











COALITION COMMENTARY
Really, a political hack (Indiana Senate Majority Leader) to get a huge patronage job which manages such a huge and vital part of the economy?  

Well maybe I should keep my trap shut here.  But really?  I was really getting into the whole free market thing, and now someone who has in his resume literally no tech nor telecom resume items. This would be a real shame for us all to have the swamp drained and replaced with just another political payoff appointment.


HERE IS HIS DISTRICT IN THE INDIANA LEGISLATURE



THERE ARE ONLY A FEW LPTV IN HIS DISTRICT


 
AN FROM THE GOOGLE TV WHITE SPACE MAP WE CAN SEE THAT HIS DISTRICT 
HAS PLENTY OF SPECTRUM FOR RURAL BROADBAND ALREADY



AND THEN LET'S CHECK THE 




SO ONLY ABOUT 30% OF INDIANA RESIDENTS HAVE 25Mbps down, and 3Mbps up

HERE IS A MAP FROM THE FCC



LOOKS LIKE MR. HERSHMAN HAS A LOT STILL 
TO DO IN INDIANA FOR RURAL BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT















CLASS-A MEMBER HIGHLIGHT

 
 

WNCE-CD LONGLEY RICE - COURTESY OF RABBITEARS


AND HERE ARE ALL OF THE CLASS-A'S IN THE NORTHEAST - HOW MANY WILL BE LEFT?







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Director
LPTV Spectrum Rights Coalition
(202) 604-0747
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