Workshop on TV Broadcast Relocation Fund Reimbursement and Related Issues Announced for September 30
As part of the Learn Everything About Reverse Auctions Now Program (LEARN), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hosted a workshop on Monday, September 30, 2013, in Washington, D.C. The two-panel session focused on issues surrounding the reassignment of television stations after the incentive auction authorized by Congress in the Spectrum Act of 2012 (Act).
The Act establishes a $1.75 billion TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund for the Commission to reimburse costs reasonably incurred by broadcasters who are relocated to new channels when broadcast spectrum is repacked following the auction. In the workshop, panelists discussed: 1) the categories of reimbursable costs broadcasters might incur as a result of the repacking; and 2) how broadcasters can coordinate among themselves to mitigate costs and ensure the most efficient transition to new frequencies.
For further information, contact: Kim Matthews at (202) 418-2154 or Kim.Matthews@fcc.gov; Mary Margaret Jackson at (202) 418-3641 or MaryMargaret.Jackson@fcc.gov; or Pamela Gallant at (202) 418-0614 or Pamela.Gallant@fcc.gov. Press contact: Justin Cole at (202) 418-8191 or Justin.Cole@fcc.gov. For additional information about the broadcast television incentive auction, visit: https://www.fcc.gov/learn.
Agenda
| 10:00 a.m. |
Welcoming Remarks – Acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn Commissioner Ajit Pai |
| 10:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m. |
Panel 1: Categories of Reimbursable Costs Incurred by Broadcasters Moderator, Rebecca Hanson, Senior Advisor, Broadcast Spectrum, FCC Media Bureau Joe Davis, President, Chesapeake RF Consultants Jane Mago, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, National Association of Broadcasters Peter Starke, Vice President, Broadcast, American Tower Joe Zuba, National Sales Manager, Dielectric |
| 11:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | Break |
| 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Panel 2: Strategies to Promote Transition Coordination and Cost Mitigation Among Broadcasters Moderator, Bill Lake, Chief, FCC Media Bureau Mark Aitken, Vice President, Advanced Technology, Sinclair Broadcast Group David Donovan, President, New York State Broadcasters Association Erin Dozier, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, National Association of Broadcasters Robert Kelly, Partner, Squire Sanders Lonna Thompson, Executive Vice President, Association of Public Television Stations |