Security inspires public-safety spectrum bill

Ever since the now-infamous “costume malfunction” at the Super Bowl, the FCC has been extremely sensitive to public complaints about indecency or profanity on the airwaves. But up to now, the onus was on the public to provide the context in which they saw or heard objectionable content.

There was little news for this report from the FCC last week, but the House of Representatives was busy with a hearing on "The Spectrum Needs of Our Nation's First Responders." Broadcasters using the 24 MHz of spectrum allocated for public safety use may find their analog licenses revoked on or shortly after the Decemb

A slew of tech companies have seen fit to weigh in on the DTV deadline. Joining forces as the "High Tech DTV Coalition," several companies and communications lobbies papered Capitol Hill this week with letters calling for a hard date so they get on with slicing up the 700 MHz spectrum. "Near-term certainty about when

Time-shifting technologies, five years out