LPTV Draft Order Added to Meeting Agenda

The draft order on mitigating the effects of the broadcast incentive auction on low-power TV was added to the agenda for Thursday's FCC meeting, a posting on the FCC's website said. The order would extend the deadline for LPTV and translators to transition to digital, authorize LPTV stations to take advantage of the FCC's auction software to find new homes after the auction, and would include rules for channel sharing between LPTV and translators, agency and industry officials have told us (see 1512030058). The item will also eliminate the analog tuner requirement for TVs. The item includes an NPRM that would seek comment on channel sharing between LPTV and full-power stations, officials told us.