PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12 th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 News Media Information 202 / 418-0500 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov TTY: 1-888-835-5322 DA 13-1776 Released: August 19, 2013 INCENTIVE AUCTION TASK FORCE REMINDER ABOUT WEBINAR FOCUSED ON REPACKING DATA GN Docket No. 12-268 On July 22, 2013, the Commission’s Incentive Auction Task Force released a public notice, accompanying data and updated computer software relevant to the repacking component of the upcoming incentive auction. The information released included the data and a methodology for creating a preliminary set of constraint files, which represent the results of staff analysis of whether television stations could be assigned to particular channels or channel relationships in the incentive auction repacking process, consistent with statutory and other requirements, based on certain preliminary assumptions. 1 On August 8, the Commission’s Incentive Auction Task Force announced that, to facilitate additional public dialogue, on August 22, 2013 from 1 to 3pm the Incentive Auction Task Force will host a webinar for parties interested in learning more about the technical details of the recently-released repacking software, data, and output files. 2 Topics to be covered include: ? Overview of repacking and general channel use restrictions; ? Overview of OET Bulletin 69 and related statutory requirements; ? Discussion of TVStudy software and performing “pairwise” interference analyses between stations using the methodology described in OET-69; and ? Description of how “domain” and “interference_paired” files (together, the “constraint files”) were generated. There will also be the opportunity for participants in the webinar to ask questions. If you would like to ask questions in advance or suggest some topic for presentation, please submit to learn@fcc.gov. RSVP to Brigid Calamis (Brigid.Calamis@fcc.gov) for WebEx log-in information. The Public Notice, Technical Appendix and data files can be found at: http://wireless.fcc.gov/incentiveauctions/learn-program/repacking.html For more information about the broadcast television incentive auction, visit: http://www.fcc.gov/learn. -FCC- 1 Incentive Auction Task Force Releases Information Related to Incentive Auction Repacking, Public Notice, DA 13- 1613 (July 22, 2013). The assumptions contained in the released files are for illustrative purposes only, and are subject to a final decision by the Commission. 2 Incentive Auction Task Force Announces Webinar Focused on Repacking Data, Public Notice, DA 13-1727 (August 8, 2013).