One of the themes in our new Spectrum Auctions Dossier is the evolution of formats. The combinatorial clock auction has declined in popularity and recent years have been mostly been notable for minor modifications of an existing approaches. But there has been one truly revolutionary development: the incentive auction. The… Read more...

Regulators and governments around the world are monitoring the US incentive auction to see if they should follow suit. If much of the profits go to investment firms rather than broadcasters, will that put them off? Read more...

It's not the biggest or most popular broadcasters which are being offered the largest incentives.... Read more...

The US makes a big announcement on incentive auctions tomorrow (Thursday) but will this innovative new format catch on elsewhere? This seems doubtful. Read more...

Ten years ago few would believe that broadcasters would soon be giving up large sections of UHF to the mobile community: but that's what's happening in many countries around the world. Read more...