Incentive Auction Comment Notice Released; Comments Due Jan. 30, Replies Feb. 27
Comments on the FCC’s auction comment public notice are due Jan. 30, and replies Feb. 27, the commission said in the notice released Wednesday. Along with details of the methodologies for calculating opening bids, identifying impairments and the progression of…
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the auction, the PN contains technical appendices on auction mechanics and a rough flow chart on the remaining steps leading to its start. “We intend to begin accepting applications to participate in the broadcast television spectrum incentive auction in the fall of 2015, and to start the bidding process in early 2016,” the PN said. Specific dates will be finalized in the upcoming Auction Procedures PN, and the FCC “will endeavor to give several months’ notice” before the application filing deadline for auction participation, Wednesday’s PN said. “Parties who may be interested in participating in the reverse or forward auction should regularly monitor the LEARN website,” the FCC said. “The Comment PN is filled with complicated schemes to hold down payments to the broadcasters the FCC needs to attract for a successful auction,” Expanding Opportunities for Broadcasters Coalition Executive Director Preston Padden said in an email Wednesday. “Our Coalition will provide the FCC with data driven alternatives and hope they are serious about having an open mind."