Media Security and Reliability Council II Meets June 2

The FCC officially recharted the Media Security and Reliability Council (MSRC). The recharted group, MSRC II, will hold its initial meeting June 2, 2004 at the FCC in Washington D.C. MSRC II, like its predecessor, is a Federal Advisory Committee that reports to FCC Chairman Michael Powell. David J. Barrett, President a

Author:: TVTechnology
Updated:: Feb 23, 2018
Original:: Jun 1, 2004

The FCC officially recharted the Media Security and Reliability Council (MSRC). The recharted group, MSRC II, will hold its initial meeting June 2, 2004 at the FCC in Washington D.C. MSRC II, like its predecessor, is a Federal Advisory Committee that reports to FCC Chairman Michael Powell. David J. Barrett, President and CEO of Hearst-Argyle will chair the committee. Committee members represent top management from a wide range of media companies and telecommunications infrastructure providers. The FCC News Release announcing MSRC includes a complete listing of members of the Council.
The public is invited to the initial meeting and it will also be available on the Internet. See the FCC News Release for additional details.

The FCC's Media Security and Reliability Council (MSRC) will meet at the FCC in Washington, D.C. Thursday, June 2, from 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. The meeting will be broadcast live over the Internet at www.fcc.gov/realaudio . MSRC will review progress reports from its Toolkit Development and Local Coordination working gr

MSRC II will hold its first meeting since the commission’s recharting with a new group of members.

The Tuesday morning (March 2) meeting of the Media Security and Reliability Council (MSRC) at the FCC will conclude the council's work under its two-year charter. Final reports and best practices recommendations will be presented to broadcast, cable and satellite industry members of MSRC at that meeting, which will inc

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Among the best practices adopted at yesterday's MSRC meeting at FCC headquarters in Washington, D.C., is establishing basic audio and video facilities at local emergency operations headquarters that can easily be interfaced with local media.

The Media Security and Reliability Council adopted a list of recommended best practices for ensuring media facilities are able to continue to operate in times of a national emergency. Media dependence on commercial communications satellites for national distribution was a major concern. MSRC recommended "the vulner

Media Security and Reliability Council (MSRC) members meeting at the FCC last week received more than 50 best practices recommendations from broadcast, cable and satellite industry leaders detailing "prevention and restoration measures to ensure the continued operation and security of media facilities in the face of a

Following the first meeting of MSRC II, the Department of Homeland Security and the FCC will sponsor a public meeting to discuss local media emergency readiness.

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The final round of recommendations for preserving a communications conduit to citizens in the wake of national disaster will be put before a special FCC committee next Thursday. The Media Security and Reliability Council (MSRC), a federal advisory committee that reports to FCC Chairman Michael Powell, was formed in the