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- CEA's Shapiro Urges Congress to Support a Hard Deadline to End the Broadcast DTV Transition; Education and Market Reality Play Key Role in DTV Success; New CEA Research Underscores Declining Market Share of OTA Television
- ARLINGTON, Va. -- A hard deadline to end analog television broadcasts will help "foster the creation of new, high-skill jobs and it will promote America's technology leadership in an increasingly competitive world," said Consumer Electronics Association CEA President and CEO Gary Shapiro in testimony delivered today before a congressional committee....
- Research articles 2005-05-26
- DTV vote applauded.(Regulation)(Brief Article)
- An aide to Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell last Thursday endorsed a nonbinding resolution adopted by Congress that calls for a firm deadline to end the transition to digital television. "With the substantial ben An aide to...
- Research articles 2004-12-13
- Cable takes a loss in DTV bill: revised legislation would block some signals from cable 'downconversion'.(POLICY)
- WASHINGTON -- Cable operators lost the right to deliver some digital-TV signals in analog, a policy defeat that might force millions of subscribers to lease set-top boxes to maintain their ability to watch local broadcast stations via cable. ...
- Research articles 2006-01-02
- DTV Bill tops busy D.C. docket: FCC, Congress have a full plate for fall season.(United States. Federal Communications Commission, digital television bill)
- A digital transition bill, two new FCC commissioners and the start of the rewrite of media-ownership rules will all be on the to-do list when policymakers and regulators get back to business after Labor Day. And once those new commissioners ar ...
- Research articles 2005-08-29
- Public safety gets fed's full attention; Wireless bureau likely to take smaller role.
- Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said that he intends to create a new Homeland Security and Public Safety Bureau. Likewise, the issue of public-safety interoperable communications-inc Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN...
- Research articles 2005-09-19
- 700 MHz spectrum could be freed up in '09.
- Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER Now that TV broadcasters have accepted a hard date for the transition to digital TV, lobbying for parts of the spectrum probably will ratchet up. Indeed, 20 megahertz of the spectrum being...
- Research articles 2005-07-18
- Digital deal diminishes auction opposition; McCain still likely to raise issue at Senate Commerce.(auction of digital TV channels)(US Senator John McCain)
- McCain still likely to raise issue at Senate Commerce Broadcasters may be forced into another battle on Capitol Hill next year over digital TV spectrum auctions, but at least they'll face less opposition. As part of...
- Research articles 1996-12-02
- Newport Media Demonstrates Breakthrough Single-Chip Technology for Mobile Digital Television; 3GSM World Congress Demonstration of Sundance Series™ Platform Features Leadership Technology
- LAKE FOREST, Calif. -- Newport Media, an innovative fabless semiconductor company supplying products to the mobile broadcast media market, today announced that it will demonstrate its Sundance Series platform technology at 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona next week. The Sundance Series platform will enable products that are substantially smaller, less...
- Research articles 2006-02-10
- Squaring off over piracy: consumers cheer court win; Hollywood heads to Congress.
- In the fight over the right to copy digital TV programs, consumer groups face a nearly united front of lobbyists for the entertainment and technology industries. Hollywood and the broadcast networks are already demanding that Capitol Hill rei ...
- Research articles 2005-05-16
- Public safety urges Congress to accept 2007 DTV hard date.(News)
- Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER
- Research articles 2004-10-25
- Hill poses digital dilemma for broadcasters. (Congress members propose that broadcasters pay for digital spectrum)(Brief Article)
- Until two weeks ago, broadcasters thought they had a deal with Congress that laid the foundation for the industry's entry into the digital television business. But when the new year came without the enactment of a new telecommunications bill, eve Until two...
- Research articles 1996-01-22
- Aides: DTV scheme scary to Congress: Hill wrestles with ideas on analog turnoff.(Policy)
- WASHINGTON -- Broadcasters have had their say. Now it's Capitol Hill's turn to raise concerns about a new Federal Communications Commission plan designed to expedite the transition to digital television. The unofficial plan would require TV s WASHINGTON...
- Research articles 2004-03-29
- It's public safety vs. seniors, Hispanics as Congress debates DTV transition.(News)
- Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER
- Research articles 2005-03-14
- Millions could be without TV; Powell's plan to speed digital delivery angers broadcasters, threatens HD.(Top of the Week)
- Imagine this nightmare scenario Millions of viewers see their TV screens go blank. Hundreds of stations are forced to give up their analog channels years sooner than expected. The horror comes courtesy of FCC Chairman Michael Powell, who is quietly Imagine this nightmare scenario...
- Research articles 2004-03-15
- ABC's Iger says auction could kill free TV. (Robert Iger, auction of digital TV spectrum)(Brief Article)
- CapCities/ABC President Robert Igor told a group of Washington communications lawyers last week that the broadcasting industry may not survive if Congress decides to auction spectrum now set aside for the transition to digital television. "A CapCities/ABC President Robert Igor told a...
- Research articles 1996-02-26
- Free local TV in danger, Decherd says.
- A.H. Belo Chairman Robert Decherd last week said that Congress and the FCC have started broadcasters down a path that will destroy localism. During his keynote speech at MSTV's conference on digital TV, Decherd said: "I fear that Congress, in A.H. Belo Chairman...
- Research articles 1998-11-02
- Congress disses datacasting.(Brief Article)
- Tells broadcasters they had better concentrate on HDTV first--or else When it comes to digital TV, broadcasters shouldn't bank on the law that permits them to offer datacasting and other additional services. At least, that seems to be the mes ...
- Research articles 2000-07-31
- FCC crushes stations' DTV carriage plans.(Fast Track)(Federal Communications Commission)(Digital television)
- Broadcasters vowed to take their fight to Congress and the courts last week after the FCC voted 4-1 to reject TV stations' demand for greatly expanded cable carriage rights for their digital channels. As expected, the FCC upheld its 2001 rulin ...
- Research articles 2005-02-14
- Broadcasters hate digital-TV proposal: Powell plan for firm analog end draws much fire.(Policy)
- WASHINGTON -- What's good for Berlin, Germany, isn't so good for Berlin, N.H. That's the word broadcasters quietly put out last week in their effort to quell a bold plan by the Federal Communications Commission that would require TV stations ...
- Research articles 2004-03-22
- NAB scrambles to counter new fee threat.(National Association of Broadcasters opposes new digital TV spectrum fee proposed by Clinton administration and Congress)
- Budget negotiators want broadcasters to make up shortfall if analog auctions don't meet expectations The National Association of Broadcasters is gearing up its powerful lobbying machine in an attempt to defeat new digital TV spectrum fee prop Budget...
- Research articles 1997-04-28
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