Committee addresses wireless broadband services, public safety spectrum management and the conclusion of the DTV transition.

R. Paul Margie and Thomas Navin will head the committee that advises the commission on the 2011 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-11)

Richer's participation will give broadcasters another voice on the TAC and may also help smooth the road for FCC approval of new standards for TV broadcasting that will allow for more efficient use of the spectrum and new broadcast services.

The CEA chief told lawmakers that a survey revealed 87 percent of the 110 million U.S. TV households are receiving local and national broadcast programming via cable or satellite

Gary Shapiro is the longtime president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, the major lobby group for the consumer electronics industry and host of the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Next month’s International CES 2008 will be held Jan. 7-10 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Shapiro spoke this week with HD Notebook.

The Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration is forming the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee to advise the Commerce Department on spectrum policy initiatives to improve management of the nation's airwaves. Assistant Commerce Secretary Michael D. Gallagher, who mad

Gary Shapiro leaves the impression that he was once forced to play the role of human antenna by wearing aluminum foil rabbit ears while balancing on a hassock. The chief of the Consumer Electronics Association delivered multiple messages this week about households that rely exclusively on over-the-air TV signals, the t

The committee, required by an act of Congress, will hold its first meeting Jan. 13 at commission headquarters in Washington, D.C.