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Explore the main themes, entities and connections around 2016 United States wireless spectrum auction. Start with the topic map, then use the sections below for research and deeper semantic analysis.
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Background
2008 United States wireless spectrum auctionAT&TVerizon CommunicationsDigital television transition in the United StatesTelevision in the United States
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Broadcaster resistance
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Plan announcement and preparations
Connecting America: The National Broadband PlanColin CrowellHouse Communications SubcommitteeRick BoucherJulius Genachowski
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Repacking
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Overview
- MHz Hertz
- Ultra High Frequency
- UHF television UHF television broadcasting
- Spectrum auction
- Payroll tax cut extension Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012
Background
- 2008 United States wireless spectrum auction
- AT&T
- Verizon Communications
- Digital television transition in the United States
- Television in the United States
- Broadcast spectrum Radio spectrum
- John Kerry
- CTIA CTIA - The Wireless Association
- 2 GHz S band S band
- Mobile satellite service Satellite communications
- National Association of Broadcasters
- Consumer Electronics Association
- LPTV Low-power broadcasting
- Multichannel services Multichannel video programming distributor
- DTV transition DTV transition in the United States
- Universal service
- Journalism Broadcast journalism
- Local journalism Local news
- Meredith Attwell Baker
- Republican Republican Party in the United States
- Blair Levin
- WiMAX
- HDTV
- MVPD
- National Religious Broadcasters
- Tom Wheeler
Broadcaster resistance
- Broadcasting & Cable
- Ohio State University
- Portsmouth, Ohio
- WOSU-TV
- Columbus Columbus, Ohio
- Virginia Tech
- White spaces White spaces (radio)
- WiFi
- BBN Technologies
- Virginia
- Wilmington, North Carolina
- House Energy & Commerce Committee
- Gordon H. Smith
- Sezmi
- Steve Largent
- Compression Video compression
- Modulation
- House United States House of Representatives
- Greg Walden
Plan announcement and preparations
- Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan National Broadband Plan (United States)
- Colin Crowell
- House Communications Subcommittee United States House Energy Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet
- Rick Boucher
- Julius Genachowski
- Intel
- Reverse auction
- Forward auction
- Must-carry
- Translators Broadcast relay station
- Broadcast auxiliary service
- Breaking news
- United States Department of Defense
- KLCS
- KJLA
- CTIA CTIA – The Wireless Association
- Association of Public Television Stations
- Video quality
- KCET
- Joint sales agreements Joint sales agreement
Broadcast incentive auction
- Channel 37
- Ajit Pai
- LPTV
- DC Circuit Court United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- Comcast
- 5G
- United States Treasury
- Lawrence Chu Lawrence Chu?action=edit&redlink=1
- Dish Network
- U.S. Cellular
Repacking
- Virtual channels Virtual channel
- Michael Dell
- OTA Broadcasting
- ATSC 3.0
- 4K 4K resolution
- Frank Pallone
- FM stations FM broadcasting
- T-Mobile T-Mobile US
- Senator United States Senate
- Jerry Moran
- Ray Baum
Making government spectrum available
"Spectrum speculators"
- Blackstone Group The Blackstone Group
- LocusPoint Networks
- Fortress Investment Group
- Retro Television Network
- Youtoo America
- Atlantic City's Atlantic City, New Jersey
- NBC
- WMGM-TV
- Soul of the South
- WACP
- Univision Communications
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Map overview Semantic statistics
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Nodes113
Edges112
Triples10
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017699
Components1
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Important terminology
would spectrum stations auction fcc could said channels mhz broadcasters wireless billion television broadcast lptv companies new service channel incentive
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT | instance of | 19.6 billion from companies | 0.80 | text |
| universal service | instance of | but rather is one that encompasses the broader public policy objectives | 0.80 | text |
| local journalism | instance of | but rather is one that encompasses the broader public policy objectives | 0.80 | text |
| public safety | instance of | but rather is one that encompasses the broader public policy objectives | 0.80 | text |
| those developed by Sezmi.CTIA president Steve Largent said that the industry needed spectrum | instance of | and new types of broadband service | 0.80 | text |
| must-carry | instance of | keeping rights | 0.80 | text |
| Retro Television Network | instance of | and often affiliate with low-demand or 'leftover' networks | 0.80 | text |
| Youtoo America | instance of | and often affiliate with low-demand or 'leftover' networks | 0.80 | text |
| AMGTV to maintain some kind of broadcast service.Public concerns surrounding spectrum speculators surfaced in 2013 with the announcement that Atlantic City's NBC affiliate WMGM-TV would be sold to LocusPoint Networks | instance of | and often affiliate with low-demand or 'leftover' networks | 0.80 | text |
| and a belief by local residents that the fate of WMGM was in jeopardy because of their position as a speculator | instance of | and often affiliate with low-demand or 'leftover' networks | 0.80 | text |
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