The FCC should have been taking a victory lap following its $45 billion AWS-3 auction, which closed in late January. Instead, the agency was left …
Dumb Stuff Said in Washington, D.C.
Inside the bubble of Washington, DC — which often challenges Hollywood as the true entertainment capital of the world — one hears astonishingly silly proclamations …
Let’s Not Fumble the Over-the-Top Opportunity
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler recently circulated a proposal to his colleagues that recommends classifying certain over-the-top providers as multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs). The proposal …
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 …
Getting the Auction Back On Track
NAB today filed suit against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in federal court to challenge certain elements of the Commission’s May 2014 incentive auction order, …
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 …
Broadcast Radio: Owning its Place in the Tech World
Guest Blogger Paul Brenner is senior vice president and chief technology officer of Emmis Communications Corp. Brenner works both within the broadcast industry and with …
I Suppose It’s Worth A Try (When You Are On a Roll…)
There is overstating and then there is overstating. Last week, NAB proposed to the FCC commissioners some changes to the 600 MHz band plan included …
The Missing Piece of Chairman Wheeler’s Broadcast Vision
At the annual NAB Show in Las Vegas on Monday, NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith publicly called for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to …