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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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Sprint Updates FCC on 2 GHz Relocation Progress – by Market and by Station
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4.04.2008
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The original deadline for 2 GHz relocation was last fall. When the FCC extended the deadline, it required Sprint provide bi-monthly reports on the status of the transition.
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FCC Tells More About April 17 Broadband Management Hearing
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4.04.2008
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The FCC announced an agenda—but no witnesses yet—for the public hearing on broadband management practices, April 17 at Stanford Law School in Palo Alto, Calif.
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FCC Releases Details of DBS Hi-Def Order
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3.28.2008
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“We find the satellite carriers’ proposal to be reasonable and technically sound,” the commission said in the order.
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BitTorrent, Comcast Reveal Peace Process
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3.28.2008
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Recent press about network management and the FCC’s hearing on the subject Feb. 25 spurred BitTorrent to announce its ongoing discussions with Comcast, said BitTorrent President and co-founder Ashwin Navin.
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FAA Pursues New Testing in Bird/Tower Debate
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3.28.2008
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“On a pitch-dark night thick with clouds in September 2005, it began raining birds under an 1,100-foot television tower in Madison, Wis.”
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FCC Seeks Recent Engineering School Grads for EIT
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3.28.2008
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The program helps the commission recruit new and recent engineering school graduates to the FCC and the field of communications.
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Microtune to NTIA: Converter Boxes Without our Tuners Don’t Work
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3.28.2008
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Characterizing their findings as “a matter of critical importance to the U.S. government and to American consumers in the successful implementation of the U.S. digital television transition,” the Plano, Texas-based manufacturer of TV tuners said that internal testing in its ATSC lab identified tuner-related performance failures in certain certified coupon-eligible converter boxes that do not contain Microtune tuners.
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NAB Expands DTV Consumer Education With Multilingual Literature
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3.28.2008
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“Our mission is to educate Americans of all ages and demographics about the transition to digital television,” said David Rehr, president and CEO of NAB.
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FCC Seeks More Broadband Data
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3.21.2008
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Before America can have policies to make it among the world leaders in broadband deployment, it needs to know who’s online and what kind of connections they have.
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Cable Pushes Back on P2P, Net Neutrality
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3.21.2008
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Cable provides the best broadband experience in America, and don’t you forget it.
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Supremes Take Indecency Case Involving ‘Fleeting Expletives’
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3.21.2008
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The Supreme Court said this week it will hear a broadcast indecency case—the first major broadcast indecency case for the high court in 30 years.
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Inslee Resists Cross-Ownership Change
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3.21.2008
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The House is considering a resolution of disapproval to undo the FCC’s relaxation of the newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership rule.
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Martin Seeks Fines for DTV Violations by Retailers, Manufacturers
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3.21.2008
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FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin said Thursday the commission is working on an order that would propose 24 fines against large consumer electronics retailers and manufacturers for DTV violations.
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Congress Wants a Truckload of FCC Docs
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3.14.2008
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FCC staff better hope they haven’t been sending too many goofy emails.
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GAO: FCC May Not Be Meeting Enforcement Obligations
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3.14.2008
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A report from the Government Accountability Office says the FCC lacks measurable enforcement tools and may have difficulty assuring Congress and others that it is meeting its enforcement mission.
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Cable Sues Over Leased-Access Rules
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3.14.2008
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As expected, the National Cable and Telecommunications Association has sued the FCC over leased-access rules announced in November.
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