broadcasters make hay as airwaves auction opening bids announced

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AIRWAVES AUCTION  OPENING BIDS FOR SELECTED MARKETS

The Federal Communications Commission( FCC)  has  set the opening bids it is making to buy broadcast television licenses in the spring, with high prices designed to bring TV stations into a process that will eventually clear new airwaves for wireless carriers.

The prices, which range from less than $100 million in smaller markets to as much as $900 million for a station in New York City.The  TV stations’ airwaves are  more attractive because they can carry wireless signals over long distances and deep into buildings.

According to wsj Some major broadcasters including CBS Corp. and 21st Century Fox Inc. have shown interest in selling some licenses in the auction.

michael dell just raked in $4 billions selling spectrum on local TV stations

Michael Dell bought up a bunch of TV stations and is now looking to sell their spectrum in a first-ever incentive auction with the FCC.While a billionaire buying up hardly watched TV stations may sound odd, there’s a plausible reason for those investments: All of the stations own potentially valuable broadcast spectrum has been tapped by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to enhance wireless network reliability and speeds. Collectively, Dell’s investments could see him tally up to $4 billion on his $80 million investment.

The hottest 5 consumer technology devices this year

All around the world, consumers are increasingly using internet to share and make things faster and easier apart from sharing one culture. In an latest Ericsson ConsumerLab survey of 23 countries, it found that  more than three-quarters of consumers browse the internet and half use social media every day

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The popularity of  digital streaming overtake broadcast TV among those aged 16-45, with 80 percent in this age group watching streamed video several times a week or more. 77 percent of the total sample population watched broadcast content, compared to 75 percent who favored streaming services, but this is set to change during 2015. The year will be historic, as more people will watch streamed on-demand content than broadcast TV.

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