Broadcasters' Road To C-Band

In July 2026, the FCC finally answered the question the industry has been circling since the Lower C-band auction closed: what happens to the rest of the band? With the FCC roadmap in place, we brought the conversation to New York to unpack what the order actually means in practice: the transition timeline, the framework for incumbent satellite operators, and the aviation safeguards built in for radio altimeters and what all of it means for anyone still planning around C-band capacity.