--- BREAKING NEWS! ---

FCC VIDEO DIVISION LIFTS FREEZE ON LPTV MINOR MOD'S




For additional information, contact
Shaun Maher, Shaun.Maher@fcc.gov, (202) 418-2324,
or Hossein Hashemzadeh, Hossein.Hashemzadeh@fcc.gov, (202) 418-1658


1) See Media Bureau Freezes the Filing of Minor Change Applications for LPTV/Translator Stations, Public Notice, 32 FCC Rcd 10407 (MB 2017). 

2) See Incentive Auction Task Force and Media Bureau Announce Post Incentive Auction Special Displacement Window April 10, 2018 Through May 15, 2018, And Make Location and Channel Data Available, Public Notice, 33 FCC Rcd 1234 (IATF and MB 2018). 

3) See Incentive Auction Task Force and Media Bureau Extend Post Incentive Auction Special Displacement Window Through June 1, 2018, Public Notice, DA 18-389 (IATF and MB, rel. Apr. 18, 2018). 

4) In the unlikely event that such an application is in conflict with the resolution of mutually exclusive applications filed in the Special Displacement Window, we interpret our rules to require that the latter will have processing priority. See 47 CFR 74.710. 

5) See Freeze on the Filing of Applications for Digital Replacement Translator Stations and Displacement Applications, Public Notice, 29 FCC Rcd 6063 (MB 2014). 

6) See Freeze on the Filing of Applications for Digital Companion Channels, Public Notice, 32 FCC Rcd 566 (MB 2017). 

7) See Freeze on the Filing of Applications for New Digital Low Power Television and TV Translator Stations, Public Notice, 25 FCC Rcd 15120 (MB 2010); Initiation of Nationwide First-Come, First-Served Digital Licensing for Low Power Television and TV Translators Postponed Until Further Notice, Public Notice, 25 FCC Rcd 8179 (MB 2010).







COALITION COMMENTARY
This is good for a number of reasons, least of which is that those of you which can move on-channel and on-tower to avoid interference, well you may now get yourself out of an MX or you might want to cancel that pending APP for a new channel, and use that old one.  We personally know of a big deal which was cancelled at closing because of this very issue, so it matters, and a BIG THANKS to the FCC's Media Bureau and Video Division for speeding up this process!

It also means that 98% of the 2067 displacement app's are now ready to be approved.  Good news for you, for your vendor partners, and for everyone except that pesky TV white space crowd.  Tired name that TVWS is, someone needs to rebrand it.
 






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DISPLACEMENT FILING WINDOW UPDATE  
  • 2067 Applications Filed by 6/1/18
  • 54 MX'd Applications Identified
  • 633 New CP's Issued
  • 31% of Total Completed
  • Avg. of 30 per Workday
  • 1434 App's Still To Process
  • Will Take About 47 More Workdays
  • Which Is About 10 Weeks
  • Meaning mid to late Sept To Complete




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