WASHINGTON -- Powerful forces are forming in the Senate, in a likely uphill campaign to nullify as much as possible new broadcast-ownership rules adopted last Monday by a politically divided Federal Communications Commission, under chairman Michael Powell. Within hours of the 3-2...
Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER The Federal Communications Commission's own rules say that if another federal agency gives permission to do something that requires an environmental assessment, then the FCC does not have to duplicate that work Byline: HEATHER...
Oct. 10--Charlotte's WBTV (Channel 3), the first television station in the Carolinas when it went on the air in 1949, has been issued one of the nation's first commercial permits to install equipment for the next generation of broadcast TV, known as digital TV. ...
PrimeStar Partners' plans are really up in the air. The direct-broadcast satellite consortium faces, at best, a bidding war against deep-pocketed MCI Communications Corp. and others for a DBS permit that PrimeStar partner Tele-Communications Inc. tried to buy a year ago....
WinStar, George Flinn are biggest winners in FCC's first sale of spectrum Telecommunications upstart WinStar Communications and broadcast magnate George Flinn Jr. were the big winners in the FCC's first auction of broadcast spectrum, which co WinStar, George...
FCC approves permits for two expanded-band AM stations After six years of trying to open new radio channels to AM broadcasters, the FCC is giving two stations a green light to put up expanded AM band transmitters. ...
Licenses for noncommercial TV and radio stations will now be awarded under a point system that the FCC has adopted. The new system favors local applicants and those with few stations. It replaces the time-consuming comparative-hearing process and Licenses for noncommercial TV...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola, Inc. commends the Federal Communications Commission FCC for its adoption of rules governing Television White Space TVWS. The rules will permit the use of fixed, mobile, and portable devices for Internet access and other communications-related applications in the portion of the...
In the news release, Una Ves Mas Supports Must Carry for Class A Television Stations, issued yesterday, Oct. 6, by Una Vez Mas over PR Newswire, in the headline "Una Ves Mas" should be "Una Vez Mas" as incorrectly transmitted by PR Newswire. Complete, corrected release follows: Una...
DALLAS, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Una Vez Mas expressed its support for the Notice of Proposed Rule Making ("NPRM") introduced by FCC Chairman Kevin Martin that would permit the migration of Class A television stations to full- power status and allow certain additional qualified low-power television stations ("LPTV") to...
AJIS LLC, a provider of wireless technology,marketing and business consulting services, announced today that it isproviding licensing and regulatory support for the 3.65 to 3.70 GHz radioservice bands. In 2007, the FCC opened the 3650-3700 MHz band for licensed terrestrialwireless broadband operations. The band is well suited to high-powerbroadband...
STANFORD, Calif. -- The Federal Communications Commission FCC has announced the names of panelists scheduled to testify at a public hearing hosted by Stanford Law School's Center for Internet & Society on broadband network management practices and Internet-related issues Thursday, April 17, 2008 starting at 12 noon Pacific. ...
Cyber Digital, Inc. (OTCBB: CYBD), a developerof communications systems and a communications service provider, announcedtoday the Federal Communications Commission FCC adopted new rules thatwill enable Cyber Digital to provide telecommunications services tocustomers in multi-tenant buildings, such as apartment buildings. Thesenew rules permit Cyber Digital to employ its proven and...
The U.S. switch from analog to digital television got a little easier for some broadcast stations, when the regulatory agency, the Federal Communications Commission FCC, approved new rules this month. The new regulations were enacted to help ease the transition towards the February 17, 2009 deadline,...
By Hugh Carter Donahue, Ph.D. In the transition to digital television, the Federal Communications Commission now is determining the rules and regulations for the swath of spectrum, known commonly as white space, in the 54 MHz-72 MHz, 76 MHz-88 MHz, 174 MHz-216 MHz and 470...
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday proposed easing a 32-year-old ban on a single company owning a newspaper and TV or radio station in the same market but said he doesn't want to relax other media ownership limits. The plan, which Kevin Martin called "modest,"...
Some glowing predictions for LBS have materialized, but most have yet to arrive. PNDs and GPS-enabled cell phones have barely started to fulfill their potential. The ultimate winners appear to be the Internet and software players. The key to success remains content and the software that delivers content in yet...
Brentwood, Tennessee-based Integra Software Systems announced it has acquired the assets of Smyrna, Tennessee-based Financial Compliance Corporation FCC, formerly Financial Computers Corporation. Terms of the purchase were not disclosed. The acquisition of FCC was designed to permit Integra to jump ahead of its mortgage software competitors, according to...
Back in 1965, the elders of the Christian Fundamental Church at Compton and Lafayette in St. Louis saw a future in the radio business. They persuaded the congregation to apply for an open FM radio frequency in the hopes of securing it to spread the word. For a while, they...
Google intends to invest a minimum of $4.6 billion for wireless airwaves being auctioned by the federal government, if its demands are met. Google anticipates that the FCC will permit the winning bidder to charter a part of the airwaves to other companies for providing high-speed...
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