Raycom Media and GatesAir have inked a deal under which the transmitter manufacturer will provide Maxiva transmitters and installation services covering 65 TV stations in 44 markets. The Raycom purchase includes GatesAir broadband transmitters, RF systems and installation services. The station group is buying Maxiva UHF liquid-cooled as well as Maxiva UHF and VHF air-cooled transmitters. The deal […]
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List Of Stations Changing Channel Assignments In Repack
No doubt many in the TV industry are poring over yesterday’s FCC public notice and associated documents wrapping up the incentive auction and officially starting the 39-month clock to complete the TV spectrum repack. Count me among those who are a bit bleary-eyed after focusing on one such document: “Final Television Channel Assignment Information Related […]
Neville Cumming Joins GatesAir
Neville Cumming has joined GatesAir as director of key accounts, returning to the operation where he formerly worked as Harris Broadcast Strategic sales manager. In his new role, Cumming will support U.S. broadcast groups during a period in which OTA will undergo substantial changes, including the spectrum repack and a likely transition to ATSC 3.0, […]
APTS Commits Spectrum To FirstNet
America’s Public Television Stations today committed in principle to support the FirstNet nationwide safety network with 1 Mb/s of public TV spectrum allocation during its annual membership meeting at the APTS Public Media Summit in Washington. “This commitment of a small portion of spectrum to FirstNet will allow public broadcasters to deepen and broaden this public safety commitment at both the community […]
Osborn Engineering To Tackle Repack For Sutro Tower
Osborn Engineering and Sutro Tower have entered into a service agreement for study and analysis of the FCC DTV spectrum auction and repack as well as what they will mean for broadcasters on the iconic San Francisco tower. The Widelity Report sponsored by the FCC identified the site as one of its “Super Complicated Sites: Mount […]
Mark Fehlig Joins Osborn Engineering
Communications engineer Mark Fehlig has joined Osborn Engineering’s media technology group and will lead initiatives related to FCC DTV spectrum auction and repack and repurposing of facilities. Fehlig, who has decades of experience at Scientific Atlanta, Harris, Wavestream and Georgia Public Broadcasting, was involved in the early years of developing satellite uplink and DTV video […]
There’s No Place For Fear In A Voluntary Auction
A disturbing notion surfaced at the 2015 ATSC Television Conference last week in Washington, D.C. It went something like this: Broadcasters better hope for and work towards the success of the FCC spectrum auction, otherwise the government may come back again with another auction and simply take the spectrum it wants. Erik Moreno from Fox […]
FOBTV Session Reveals Absurdity of Repack
I can only imagine what broadcasters from around the world gathered at the FOBTV IBC 2014 session Sept.14 must have been thinking as Rick Kaplan, the NAB’s point man on the spectrum auction and repack described what the FCC is doing to build a pool of spectrum for auction to wireless companies. Among the things […]