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Verizon, AT&T Big Winners in Spectrum Auction
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3.21.2008
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Verizon and AT&T emerged from the 700 MHz auction with licenses that will give them each new nationwide footprints, almost, in what could be a new generation of services on spectrum surrendered by TV broadcasters as part of the digital transition.
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FCC to Vote on Satellite Carriage Wednesday
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3.14.2008
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Both sides have been busy lobbying the FCC.
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LPTV-NAB Word War Heats Up
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3.14.2008
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In a March 11 letter to Tannenwald, NAB President and CEO David K. Rehr said CBA was slow in raising its concerns, is misleading the public and failing to cooperate with NAB’s efforts in the matter.
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Harris, NAB: PSIP Deadline Impossible
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3.07.2008
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When the FCC ordered a May 30, 2008, deadline for the implementation of the ATSC PSIP standard, some saw a problem ahead for broadcasters.
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FCC Approves NAB Plan for DTV PSAs
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3.07.2008
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Less than a year before the February 2009 deadline for the digital transition, the FCC has set some rules for public outreach.
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Toshiba Administers Mercy Killing to HD DVD
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2.22.2008
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The triumph of Blu-ray as the lone next-gen standard for HD discs, among other things, puts to rest any notion that primary backer Sony was about to repeat some of its own dubious history.
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ATSC Expects to Announce Mobile TV Field Trial Results by May
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2.22.2008
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The Advanced Television Systems Committee is on track to approve a standard for mobile and handheld digital TV (M/H DTV) that would enable the launch of commercial services around February 2009, spurring what one economic analysis pegs as a $2 billion annual flood of ad revenue by 2012.
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DTV Converters to be Available by Feb. 17
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2.08.2008
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The DTV message got an assist Thursday from the top.
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CBS VP: Shutoff Date a ‘Done Deal’
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2.08.2008
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A senior executive with CBS is telling broadcasters that although he expects the FCC-mandated analog TV broadcasting shutdown to happen on schedule, unseen tripwires are scattered all over the landscape for the unwary and unprepared.
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Apple Drops Out of NAB Show
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2.01.2008
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Apple has announced that it will not have a booth at The NAB Show this year.
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Broadcasters Gain Some Build-out Flexibility
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1.04.2008
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The commission said the deadlines allow broadcasters the flexibility they need while minimizing service disruptions and ensuring that consumers who have invested in digital TVs get the signals they were promised.
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CES2008 to Include DTV Insights
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1.04.2008
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The folks with access to the ears of the top technology lawmakers in Congress will share their knowledge of the policy issues related to the DTV transition with attendees at the 2008 International CES next week.
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New Ownership Order Faces Uncertain Fate
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12.21.2007
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The Democrats on the commission, Martin said, keep moving the goalposts and will apparently oppose just about any order Martin comes up with.
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Localism Proposal Raises Constitutional Concerns
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12.21.2007
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NAB said the proposal carried “grave First Amendment implications.”
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Cable: Nationwide 30 Percent Ownership Cap Won’t Stand
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12.21.2007
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“The Court of Appeals found such a cap to be unjustified and out of touch with the competitive marketplace as it existed six years ago,” said NCTA boss Kyle McSlarrow in a statement.
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Community Broadcasters Move to Block Converter Boxes
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12.07.2007
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The group representing low-power, Class A and translator broadcasters is throwing a potentially major block in front of the program to get digital-to-analog converter boxes onto America’s over-the-air TVs in time for the analog shutoff in February 2009.
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Sprint to FCC: BAS Transition Could Be Completed by August 2009
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12.07.2007
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The telecommunications giant—which is financing the multi-billion dollar effort to move broadcasters to the 2 GHz spectrum, made its comments to the commission after a day-long conference this week between Sprint and broadcast representatives from NAB, the Association for Maximum Service Television (MSTV) and the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE), among others.
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Top Cable Lobbyist Unloads on FCC Chairman
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11.16.2007
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On Wednesday the CEO of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association unleashed a torrent of grievances about FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, a half-dozen or so of his policy initiatives, and the way he runs the commission.
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Martin Provides Details on Ownership Proposal
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11.16.2007
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Almost anyone can buy a television or radio station—unless they also happen to own a newspaper in the same market.
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Avid Drops Out of NAB2008
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11.09.2007
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Avid Technology will not exhibit at The NAB Show in 2008, the company announced Tuesday.
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