WASHINGTON—As FCC Chairman Wheeler has announced his plans to step down from his position, the agenda for the commission’s scheduled meeting today, Dec. 15, has been adjusted. Specifically, the Emergency Alert System revamp, along with most of the other items up for a vote, has been removed from the lineup.
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Following some major pushback against the set-top revamp proposal from FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, the proposal has been removed from the September Open Meeting agenda after not securing the necessary three votes.
With the seats at the Federal Communications Commission poised to flip to a Republican majority in 2017, FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly laid clear his suggestions to create a pro-growth, pro-innovation FCC “firmly grounded in free-market principles,” he said.
A settlement has been reached between the FCC and Tenga after the Commission threw a flag over an advertisement for the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars from WTLV that used Emergency Alert System tones.
There’s been a shift in the schedule for the FCC’s September Open Meeting, as the date has been moved up from Thursday, Sept. 28, to Tuesday, Sept. 26.
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has made it a priority to implement the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act, and with the adoption of a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) the organization looks to promote universal communication access for the blind and sight-impaired to popular video programming.
Equipment manufacturers, broadcast groups and state associations have requested the FCC provide more time for comments to be made on the proposed Emergency Alert Rule Changes.
Dr. Henning Schulzrinne has been appointed to the position of senior advisor for technology in the FCC’s Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis by Chairman Tom Wheeler.