FCC's Spectrum Price List Has Many Licensees Doing The Math

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets Today's Top Stories - 11.05.14 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: "The only sure thing about luck is that it will change." ~ Bret Harte On this Day: In 2007, Google introduced Android. FCC's Spectrum Price List Has Many Licensees Doing The Math Broadcasters are looking at their balance sheets, now that the FCC has issued its "price list" for the "maximum" and "median" values to be paid for stations that relinquish their licenses in the incentive spectrum auction now scheduled to begin in 2016. Class A Told to 'Show Cause' or be Demoted to LPTV Status A Southern California Class A TV station's been told to show cause why it should retain its status or be busted down to LPTV status. The FCC issued the Order today to KVER-CA in Indo, Calif., a Class A licensed to Entravision of Santa Monica, Calif. FCC Releases Real-time Component of Repacking Software A crucial component of the software for repacking TV stations after the spectrum incentive auction has been released by the FCC. The constraint generator software comes up with "pairwise" files that predict interference between stations. News & Technology SOUND: Roland Announces New M-5000 Live Mixing Console INTERFACE: Conexant Brings Voice Control Capabilities to STBs OTT: TNDV Produces CMA Backstage Pass Multi-Camera Streaming PEOPLE: Ross Video Makes Board Changes eBOOK: Guide to Virtualized Video Infrastructure Industry Roundup First Terahertz Amplifier Goes to 11 (IEEE Spectrum) Technicolor at 100: Hollywood Legend Pivots From Colorful Past to the Future (Variety) YouTube Opens 60 fps to Everyone (Slashdot) Dancer Captured in 60 fps (YouTube) Poll: LTE-Advanced Not Yet Having an Impact (Light Reading) TV Technology White Papers "Playout in the Cloud," from Imagine Communications highlights "an entirely new range of opportunities for media companies to evolve their operations, transform and transport content free of geographic or other historical channel boundaries, extend and expand their brands." "Gaining Competitive Advantage from Switching and Extension," from ThinkLogical addresses changes in the post-production ecosphere and outlines best practices for the design of a future-proof, fiber-optic KVM signal management infrastructure. "The Move to IP-Based Broadcast Infrastructure and the Impact of Object-Based Audio," from Linear Acoustic addresses how to select and deploy equipment that interoperates with multiple manufacturers as well as being sufficiently reliable to meet multiple requirements. "Analyzing 4K Video Quality," from Video Clarity, examines how, as new 4K systems and products reach the market, the importance of video quality testing and evaluation will grow. "Selecting Next-Generation Video Servers," from Rohde and Schwarz examines the rapid pace of technology development and the incorporation of information technology into broadcast and the broadcast operating environment.   ©2014 NewBay Media, LLC

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