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Cablers Seek More Dual-Carriage Exemptions
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5.09.2008
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Charter said dual carriage on all its systems with more than 552 MHz but fewer than 3,000 subscribers will top $5.8 million.
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NAB Asks President Bush to Step up to the DTV Plate
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5.09.2008
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NAB President and CEO David K. Rehr sent a letter to President George W. Bush this week appealing to the powers that be to compliment broadcasters efforts and take on a more active and visible role in getting the word out about the digital transition.
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NAB to FCC: Don’t Retreat on Ownership
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5.09.2008
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In a 32-page filing submitted to the commission, the trade group said the reform that passed in December is modest and makes no changes to the TV duopoly and local radio ownership rules.
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State of Missouri Plans Next-Gen EAS
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5.09.2008
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SpectraRep was hired to deploy its AlertManager system to provide public alert and warning capabilities for managing and issuing AMBER Alerts.
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House Holding Net Neutrality Hearing Tuesday
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5.02.2008
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The House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet will consider the Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008 (H.R. 5353), sponsored by Chairman Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Chip Pickering, R-Miss.
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Sports Leagues, ESPN Fight Google White Space Plan
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5.02.2008
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An all-star lineup of sports leagues has weighed in on proposals for use of DTV white spaces, and the jocks don’t like the plans pushed by Google and others.
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Martin Probe Ongoing; Chairman May Be Asked to Testify
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5.02.2008
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The probe began in December after Martin’s fellow commissioners complained that relevant information was kept from them until just before votes at monthly meetings.
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FCC Revises ‘Public and Broadcasting’
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5.02.2008
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The document, which originated in the 1970s, was designed to educate the public about the FCC.
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Engineers: May 30 PSIP Compliance Costs $10,000 With No Benefit
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4.25.2008
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Separately, Triveni Digital, a top vendor of PSIP generation systems, said in an April filing to the FCC that it supported the extension requested by NAB, MSTV and Harris.
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FCC Announces EAS Summit Agenda
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4.25.2008
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The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has announced the agenda for its summit on the nation’s Emergency Alert System Monday, May 19, 9:00 a.m.-12:45 p.m., in the Commission Meeting Room.
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CBA Fires Up LPTVers in Vegas
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4.25.2008
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“Every station should be running DTV PSAs, whether CBA's spots or their own, telling the public to buy only analog pass-through converter boxes and to complain about their tax dollars being spent to subsidize devices that block our signals,” said Tannenwald.
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D Block Do-Over on FCC Agenda
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4.25.2008
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Fresh from hearing the concerns of Congress about the FCC’s failure to get a minimum bid for the D Block of the 700 MHz spectrum, the commission will begin making rules for a re-auction expected later this year.
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Puerto Rico Cable: HD/DVR Deployment Stalled Over Integrated Box Ban
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4.11.2008
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People in Puerto Rico who buy HDTVs may find they cannot get HD service on cable, as local provider Choice Cable TV awaits an FCC waiver of the ban on integrated set-top boxes.
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Best Buy ‘Extremely Disappointed’ in FCC DTV Fines
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4.11.2008
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The FCC Enforcement Bureau has reached consent decrees (agreements) or issued notices of liability (proposed fines) totaling more than $9 million for violations of DTV labeling, V-chip and tuner rules.
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Sen. Stevens: Unaware of DTV Education Order?
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4.11.2008
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“Is there any real reason to pursue that kind of approach?” Stevens asked at a hearing on the DTV transition.
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Martin Proposes HD Exemption for Small Cable
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4.11.2008
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Broadcasters may have thought last September’s HD cable carriage order meant that where local station broadcast in HD, local cable subscribers would be able to view that programming.
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NAB Uses Nearly $9 Million to Lobby in 2007
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4.11.2008
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The trade group spent about $4.6 million in the second half.
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FCC to Host EAS Summit
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4.11.2008
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The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau will host a summit on the nation’s Emergency Alert System Monday, May 19, 9:00 a.m.-12:45 p.m., in the Commission Meeting Room.
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CEA Taps Mrs. Brady for New DTV Awareness Campaign
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4.04.2008
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The CEA has engaged actress Florence Henderson from “The Brady Bunch” 1969-1974 television series to kick off the public awareness campaign.
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CEA: Consumers Plan to Sell, Donate or Recycle 95 Percent of Analog TVs
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4.04.2008
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Millions of analog televisions could be obsolete after the digital transition—unless their owners can get digital signals using converter boxes, or want to continue watching low-power, Class A and translator stations.
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