Digital broadcast spectrum could be worth more than the FCC originally thought. The commission earlier this year sent the Senate a guesstimate of $11 billion, based in part on a prospectus placing the value of New York's WNYC-TV at $65 million. Becau Digital broadcast spectrum could...
FCC officials expect Thursday to launch their long-awaited effort to decide how must-carry rules will apply to digital broadcast signals. But sources say the rulemaking proposal will offer little hint as to how commissioners will ultimately rule on w FCC officials expect Thursday to launch their...
The Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") on August 8, 2002 issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking related to digital broadcast copy protection. Digital copy protection attempts to prevent the unauthorized copying and redistribution of digital m The Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") on August 8, 2002 issued...
FCC officials last week said that the agency is again considering whether to split its decision over cable's carriage of digital broadcast signals into two proceedings. If the FCC chooses to split the issue, it will rule on less controversial issue FCC officials last...
But payments for digital channels could emerge in conference WASHINGTON Broadcasters artfully dodged spectrum fees last week as the House and Senate passed budget bills without them. But the fees could...
WASHINGTON--Backers of the PrimeStar digital broadcast satellite system as expected (EN, May 15) have asked the Federal Communications Commission to reverse a decision that could stall their plans to upgrade PrimeStar's capabilities.
By Jim Landers, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Jim Landers, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Broadcasters are waving off a plan hatched by EchoStar Communications Corp. chairman and CEO Charlie Ergen that's designed to make it harder for TV stations to obtain government waivers to miss a key digital-TV deadline. By next May, all comm ...
"We're seeking to create a new video network that will compete head-to-head with cable," said Sofia Collier, president of Broadwave. She said the company also should have a big edge of DBS companies because it can offer local broadcast si "We're seeking to create...
SES Americom, owned by Luxembourg-based SES Global, wants to bring competition to the U.S. satellite-television market, and, surprisingly, the existing satellite-TV operators couldn't be happier about it. SES Americom, owned by Luxembourg-based SES Global, wants to bring competition to the U.S. satellite-television...
FCC-Mandated Change Could Disrupt Local TV Service for Thousands of Hoteliers SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LodgeNet Interactive Corporation today announced a roadmap to prepare its U.S. hotel customers for the upcoming Federal Communications Commission FCC-mandated transition from analog to digital signal transmission. ...
Federal Communications Commission FCCChairman Kevin Martin yesterday voiced his support for a rulemaking thatwould establish a quiet period for broadcast carriage talks between cableoperators and broadcasters during the digital television DTV transition.Responding to a report by Broadcasting & Cable yesterday, ACA applauded theChairman for his leadership and renewed its claim...
WASHINGTON -- Citizens Against Government Waste CAGW today named Federal Communications Commission FCC Chairman Kevin Martin its October Porker of the Month for using FCC funds to sponsor a NASCAR driver from his home state. The FCC will pay $355,000 to sponsor David Gilliland's number 38 car, owned...
Cable is Free When Combined with Economy Internet or Phone Service Offers Complement Company's Ongoing Efforts to Help Consumers "Get Ready" for Government's Digital Transition MIRAMAR, Fla. -- Comcast, South Florida's leading provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services, is launching its Get Ready...
Emergency Alert Systems, Amber Alert and other Homeland Security Services at Risk Under New FCC Mandate PHOENIX, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Antenna Technology Communications Inc. ATCi, a provider of ground-based commercial satellite communications systems and services announced the introduction of CentralCastTM - a solution that will address...
More Than 150 Class A and Low-Power TV Stations Petition the FCC to Allow Station Upgrades that Will Provide Spectrum Permanence and Access to Cable WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The Coalition for Local Television and more than 150 community television stations from around the country today...
THE GIZMO: Digital TV antennas and boxes. Feedback on last month's switch to digital-only broadcasting by five TV stations in Wilmington, N.C., has raised red flags in Washington. Members of the House Commerce Committee have sent a bipartisan letter to the Federal Communications Commission, declaring that the agency failed to...
Next year, the Federal Communications Commission FCC will oversee the nation's transition to digital television signals. As a result "white spaces"-empty frequencies once reserved for television broadcasts-will be made available for other uses. This is an issue hospital executives and information technology departments alike must follow closely in the coming...
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