FCC Issues Initial Reimbursement for Broadcast TV Repack

By The Editors of AGL

October 20, 2017

FCC has made its initial allocation of $1 billion to reimburse TV Broadcaster for expenses related to the construction of station facilities on reassigned channels, also known as the Broadcast TV Repack. The Bureau will continue to monitor closely the draw-down of Fund amounts and allocate additional amounts later in the transition period.

The Commission is required by The Spectrum Act to “reimburse costs reasonably incurred” by broadcast television licensees that are involuntarily reassigned to new channels as a result of the repacking process and by MVPDs in order to continue carrying the signals of licensees reassigned to new channels as a result of the incentive auction and repacking process.