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- Blame it on the weather: why Washington ends the year with unresolved issues.
- Washington legislators and regulators ended the year with key media issues unresolved. They can blame it on the weather, and that much is partly true. Gulf Coast hurricanes are to blame for pushing back some legislative and regulatory timetab ...
- Research articles 2006-01-02
- CEA Applauds Senate Draft DTV Bill; Digital Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 Takes Critical Steps Towards Completion of DTV Transition
- ARLINGTON, Va. -- The following statement was issued today by Consumer Electronics Association CEA President and CEO Gary Shapiro in response to a staff draft released by Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-AK) and Co-Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-HI) setting a hard date for the end of analog television broadcasting:
- Research articles 2005-10-14
- DTV HEARINGS SET.(House and Senate to meet regarding digital television regulations)(Brief Article)
- The Senate Commerce Committee on March 1 will hold the first of what is likely to be several Congressional hearings on the transition to ... The Senate Commerce Committee on March 1 will hold the first of what is likely to be several Congressional...
- Research articles 2001-02-26
- Panasonic Ships Industry's First Set-Top Digital TV Decoder; Honored In Senate For Making DTV A Reality
- SECAUCUS, N.J.--BUSINESS WIRE--October 22, 1998--Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company today became the first company to ship set-top digital TV decoders which are capable of receiving, decoding and processing signals for the nation's new digital and high definition HDTV television broadcast system that is scheduled to start operations on November 1. The...
- Research articles 1998-10-22
- Copy-protection bills gain Senate support: but some say it will limit technology.
- WASHINGTON -- The studios' anti-piracy agenda on Capitol Hill got a boost last week when a key Senate committee chairman strongly endorsed legislation that would require digital TV tuners to comply with a controversial form of copy-protection. WASHINGTON --...
- Research articles 2006-01-30
- House goes with Dec. 31, 2008, after seven hour debate on DTV.(News)
- Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER After more than seven hours of debate, the House Commerce Committee last week passed a bill to complete the digital TV transition by Dec. 31, 2008, and earmark $500 million for public-safety interoperability. ...
- Research articles 2005-10-31
- McCain wants to lock-in channel give-back in 2006.(Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain on digital television rules)(Brief Article)
- Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) told reporters last week that he is considering legislation which would codify the FCC's digital TV rules and would require that broadcasters give back their analog channels by 2006. ...
- Research articles 1997-04-21
- CEA Applauds Senate and House Action on DTV
- ARLINGTON, Va. -- The following statement was issued today by Consumer Electronics Association (CEAR) President and CEO Gary Shapiro in response to the House Energy and Commerce Committee's "Committee Print" of the "Digital Television Transition Act of 2005" setting a hard date for the end of analog television broadcasting:
- Research articles 2005-10-21
- Senate sets TV transition date three months after House bill.(News)
- Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER The Senate late Thursday agreed to set the date to complete the digital TV transition at April 7, 2009, after a failed attempt to move the date to April 2008. "We have...
- Research articles 2005-11-07
- 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
- Stevens to NTIA: Count Cable Homes.(National Telecommunications and Information Association)(Senate Commerce Committee chairman Ted Stevens)
- By Ted Hearn Senator Wants Pay-TV Homes Eligible for Converter Box Aid Washington- Banning pay-TV homes from a $1.5 billion federal converter box program is opposed by Senate Commerce Committee chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), a top...
- Research articles 2006-10-09
- House would give more time for DTV transition; provision may not survive Senate. (digital television)(Brief Article)
- WASHINGTON--FCC Commissioner Rachelle Chong last week axed a proposed inquiry into broadcast alcohol advertising from this week's FCC's meeting agenda. WASHINGTON--FCC Commissioner Rachelle Chong last week axed a proposed inquiry into broadcast alcohol advertising from this week's FCC's meeting agenda.
- Research articles 1997-06-16
- McCain wants to work with Stevens on DTV bill.(News)
- Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said he hopes to work with Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) to craft a bill that would end the uncertainty on the transition to digital TV. ...
- Research articles 2005-06-20
- DTV compromise passes.(Fast Track)(Digital Television)(Brief Article)
- A compromise spectrum-reclamation amendment passed the Senate last week. It would require broadcasters occupying channels 62-69 to give up their analog spectrum by Dec. 31, 2007, earlier than other broadcasters. One caveat: It allows them to keep t A compromise spectrum-reclamation amendment passed the...
- Research articles 2004-10-04
- McCain, White House line up vs. Tauzin. (John McCain, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee; W.J. Tauzin, chairman of the House Telecommunications Subcommittee)
- WASHINGTON - Rep. W.J. Tauzin (R-La.) is planning a hearing Wednesday that will probably commence a two-year struggle over the broadcast TV industry's efforts to migrate to digital. Tauzin, chairman of the House Telecommunications Subcommittee, wi WASHINGTON - Rep. W.J. Tauzin (R-La.) is...
- Research articles 1997-02-10
- Maverick McCain rides again: with the Arizona senator back in the saddle and the GOP in charge, dereg trot will turn into a gallop. (Top of the Week).
- Around the nation and, indeed, in Washington itself, the big story last week, boiled down, was that Republicans now controlled the White House and both the House of Representatives and the Senate. But among media types, the bigger story was likely Around the...
- Research articles 2002-11-11
- McCain's '08 digital plan tossed.(senator John McCain's digital-TV transition amendment bill rejected)
- WASHINGTON -- Handing broadcasters a key victory, the Senate last Thursday voted overwhelmingly to reject moving the digital-TV transition ahead by one year, as proposed in an amendment sponsored by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). In a 69-30 vote ...
- Research articles 2005-11-07
- McCain: Budget Law Kills Digital TV Rules
- TED HEARN WASHINGTON - Senate Commerce Committee chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) last week said his panel approved legislation that poked a big hole in the Federal Communications Commission's digital TV rules. The panel, in a 15-5 vote, approve TED...
- Research articles 1997-06-23
- McCain digital bill riles b'casters. (John McCain, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee)
- WASHINGTON - As widely expected, Senate Commerce Committee chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) last week riled the TV-station industry by introducing legislation that would require stations to yield their analog licenses by 2006. McCain's bill is desi WASHINGTON - As widely expected, Senate...
- Research articles 1997-05-12
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