When five billion people worldwide tune in to watch the FIFA World Cup next year, they’re not just witnessing athletic excellence – they’re experiencing the …
Spectrum: The Hidden Infrastructure Behind Major Sports Broadcasting
Spectrum
The Future of Television: Why the Country Needs to Complete the Next Gen TV Transition Expeditiously
By: Emily Gomes and Alison Martin Free, over-the-air television broadcasting stands at a crossroads. Nearly a decade after the industry first proposed transitioning to Next Generation Television (Next …
Show Me the Money: Repacked Stations Should Submit Invoices to Ensure Reimbursement
Following the close of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) broadcast spectrum incentive auction, nearly 1,000 stations had to move to new frequencies to make room for wireless services. Most …
The (Hot) Airband Initiative
In 2017, in an effort to secure guaranteed access to free nationwide spectrum, Microsoft announced the “Airband Initiative,” hyped as a plan to address the …
The Negative Sum Game
Microsoft would have you believe their proposal to require broadcasters to hold open at least one additional channel in the broadcast band for unlicensed use …
Time to Stick to the Facts and Find the Right Answer
These are exciting times. The long-anticipated broadcast television spectrum incentive auction is scheduled to begin in less than one week. Designing the reverse and forward …
You Want Breaking News Coverage? Then Mind the Gap
When was the last time you turned to TV to follow details of breaking news as it unfolded – the real, on-the-ground coverage from reporters …
Sorry to Disappoint, But NAB Is Playing It Straight Up
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler certainly traveled a great distance simply to accuse the NAB yesterday in Las Vegas of seeking to delay or derail his …
The Point of Being a Ninja Is to Avoid Attention
As my 8-year-old works to navigate the travails of making friends in second grade, one of his most unfortunate emerging strategies has been to do …
Broadcasters Show Their Commitment to Public Safety
Much attention has been paid to KSFY (Sioux Falls, S.D.) anchor Nancy Naeve’s recent on-air rebuke of viewers who complained about the station breaking into …