Mako Communications, LLC v. FCC

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Case overview

Case Number:

15-1264

Court:

Appellate - DC Circuit

Nature of Suit:

Government Agencies

  1. August 30, 2016

    DC Circ. Tosses LPTV Challenge To Spectrum Auction

    The D.C. Circuit nixed a challenge brought by low-power television broadcasters against a Federal Communications Commission decision to repurpose their spectrum in the ongoing incentive auction, finding Tuesday that the LPTVs had been subject to displacement by wireless licensees "long before" the auction.

  2. May 05, 2016

    LPTV Stations Decry Second Class Status In FCC Auction

    In its ongoing incentive auction, the Federal Communications Commission cannot repurpose spectrum being used by low-power television broadcasters, which have wrongly been ranked "secondary" to full-power stations and wireless carriers, LPTV station owners told the D.C. Circuit on Thursday.

  3. February 29, 2016

    FCC Can't Repurpose Low-Power TV Airwaves, DC Circ. Told

    The Federal Communications Commission's plan to repurpose low-power television broadcasters' airwaves for wireless carrier use in the upcoming spectrum auction contradicts the law that authorized it, a pair of low-power stations told the D.C. Circuit on Friday.

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