The FCC held a webinar on the reverse and forward auction on October 17.
You can watch the webinar at this link.
FCCThe FCC also released a public notice
INCENTIVE AUCTION TASK FORCE AND MEDIA BUREAU SEEK COMMENT (PDF)A lot of interesting notations from this publication.
• (page 25)
No stations in Canada will be assigned to transition before the third transition phase and no Canadian stations will be assigned to a temporary channel. Due to dependencies between domestic and Canadian stations, a joint transition plan with Canada is necessary and is being developed by FCC and ISED. In keeping with our informal discussions with ISED Canada to date, stations in Canada have generally been assigned to later transition phases for this proposal. This constraint will promote efficient use of cross-border resources and respect the minimum notification periods to Canadian TV stations established in ISED’s 600 MHz decision.9 • (page 25)
No U.S. stations will be assigned to temporary channels. Although we do not propose to assign stations to temporary channels, the attached PN invites comment on whether we should use temporary channels. In the event that temporary channels are used to reduce dependencies we propose to potentially apply one or more of the following additional constraints: (a) Only assign temporary channels to stations in complex dependencies.10
(b) Only assign temporary channels to stations that are in close proximity to the stations’ ultimate post-auction channel assignments. As stated above, temporary ...and a lot more