36-Month Repacking Officially Starts
Construction permit applications for the incentive auction repacking were due Wednesday, and the 36-month repacking officially started Thursday, blogged Incentive Auction Task Force Chief Jean Kiddoo and Deputy Chief Hillary DeNigro: With construction permits in, the IATF will “calculate an…
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initial allocation of up to $1 billion” from the $1.75 billion reimbursement fund, and parcel it out to broadcasters to fund the repacking. The plan is for repacked stations and MVPDs to receive 80 percent of their estimated cost up front, and noncommercial stations to receive 90 percent, the IATF said. “The overall allocation will be announced in a public notice and each filing entity will be able to see the dollar amount of its individual allocation(s) in the CORES [commission registration system] Incentive Auction Financial Module,” the two officials said. With the initial application window closed, two more windows will follow, for stations seeking alternate channels or expanded facilities, and then a special window for low-power TV and translators that are displaced early -- the “phase zero” stations -- they said.