Reach Your Audience with American Tower Dallas Market Repack Update May 26, 2016

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1 Reach Your Audience with American Tower Dallas Market Repack Update May 26, 2016 Neil Searls Jim Stenberg Director of Business Development Principal Engineer, Broadcast RF

2 Agenda Introductions Our Broadcast Business American Tower in Dallas Repack Update Are You Ready for Repack American Tower Solutions 2

400+ broadcast towers across 80+ DMAs 1,400+ sites in use by broadcasters Led by most

3 Our Broadcast Business Our roots are in broadcasting We began as a broadcaster and broadcast tower company In industry over 20 years Own largest portfolio of broadcast towers in the U.S broadcast towers across 80+ DMAs 1,400+ sites in use by broadcasters Led by most experienced broadcast team in the industry Driving market innovation to meet evolving media technologies 3

4 Our Broadcast Towers Across the U.S. Plus 40,000 towers nationwide 4

5 American Tower in Dallas Dallas Broadcast Towers: Cedar Hill North # Cedar Hill South # Cedar Hill West # Cowboy #75256 Milton #75253 Market Customer Summary: Full Power TV 14 Full Power TV Aux 3 Class A TV 1 Low Power TV 10 FM 17 FM Aux 22 5

6 Incentive Auction Broadcasters Reverse Auction Broadcasters relinquish spectrum usage rights for compensation Mobile Broadband providers bid for spectrum licenses Mobile Broadband Providers Forward Auction 6

7 Reverse Auction TV licensees can: Participate in Auction Win (Sell spectrum to FCC) End broadcast operations Change band from UHF to Lo-V or Hi-V Become a sharee with losing or band changed winning station Lose (Spectrum not needed or too low a bid) May or may not be repacked dependent on channel Not Participate in Auction May or may not be repacked dependent on channel May become a sharer with winning station(s) 7

8 Status of Incentive Auction May Reverse Auction July Commence Forward Auction September FCC Channel Assignments December File CP & Repack costs January 17 Rev Auction Winners off-air Surge of Activity FCC recently announced: Spectrum clearing target 126 MHz Reimbursement of repack related work completed prior to release of channel allocations is reimbursable for repacked stations Reverse Auction begins May 31 ATC pro-actively working with customers to be ready for surge 8

Ready for Repack ATC is committed to supporting the Broadcast Industry during the Incentive Auction Dedicated ATC repack team Preparing for post channel allocation 90 Day Surge September/October

9 Ready for Repack ATC is committed to supporting the Broadcast Industry during the Incentive Auction Dedicated ATC repack team Preparing for post channel allocation 90 Day Surge September/October Engaged with the FCC and NAB on all pre repack activity Offering repack solutions: Planning, construction services and management Interim and permanent repack RF options, including broadband antennas Spectrum Clearing Target 9

10 Broadband Antenna Solution ATC currently operates 29 broadband TV antennas in the U.S. Develop joint plans with Broadcasters to gain participation on new ATC Broadband Antenna as main or auxiliary solutions Help leverage FCC incentive reimbursement Value propositions 100% site redundancy main or auxiliary solution utilize separate facilities New state-of-the-art antenna supports ATSC 3.0 technology Speed to market beat FCC 39 month construction timeline Improved performance possible height increase or site positioning Minimize Over-the-Air (OTA) downtime for current operations Mitigate risks during potentially disruptive repack period 10

11 Dallas TV Potential Repack Solution Cedar Hill South, site # Broadband antenna needs waveguide feedline and combiner changed Broadband antenna needs combiner changed Limited structural capacity as is Likely changes on two stacks All repack stations will require temporary operations, ideally off-site Most stations have wide cardioid patterns 11

12 Dallas TV Potential Repack Solution Cedar Hill West, Site # Station on top is likely repacked Omni Pattern Add side mount temporary antenna Replace single channel with broadband antenna Other omni stations utilize new broadband as main and/or aux Maintain FM operations during reconfiguration 12

13 Dallas TV Potential Repack Solution Milton Tower, Site #75253 Remove existing antennas above tower top Renovate transmitter buildings Install broadband antenna in middle of tower top Wide Cardioid pattern Dual transmission lines Variable polarization capability Main and Aux capacity for numerous stations 13

Dallas FM Repack Solution FM operations are distributed across five ATC tall towers Eight main and eight aux stations combined on two ATC master antennas on Cowboy candelabra Milton Eight aux

combined on Cedar Hill West Six main stations combined on Cedar Hill North C/H West Locate aux operations on separate towers from main Ensure high power operation while work is done on TV antennas

14 Dallas FM Repack Solution FM operations are distributed across five ATC tall towers Eight main and eight aux stations combined on two ATC master antennas on Cowboy candelabra Milton Eight aux stations combined on one ATC master antenna on Cedar Hill South candelabra Two main and four aux stations combined on one ATC master antenna on Milton candelabra Cowboy One main and 2 aux stations combined on Cedar Hill West Six main stations combined on Cedar Hill North C/H West Locate aux operations on separate towers from main Ensure high power operation while work is done on TV antennas Additional capacity on several master systems available for aux or main Examine combining capabilities at diverse locations Re-distribute aux s to other towers from existing locations C/H South C/H North 14

15 Thank You Open Discussion 15

Preparing For Repack. Jay Adrick

Preparing For Repack. Jay Adrick Preparing For Repack Jay Adrick Agenda Background National Broadband Plan The FCC Congressional Authorization (2012) Docket 12-268 NPRM Planning for Repacking A long list of unknowns Compensation Scenarios