Subcom takes on DTV, FCC meets the public
The Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, Ed Markey’s (D-MA) panel within the Energy & Commerce Committee, will address the DTV transition as promised...
Ownership diversification comments sought
The FCC’s Report and Order and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making on opening more opportunities for broadcasts ownership by new entrants, small...
Watchdog trying to prod House disapproval
The Senate has already passed the Resolution of Disapproval which would remove all effect from the FCC’s 12/18/07 relaxation of broadcast/newspaper cross-ownerhip rules. Watchdog...
FCC maintains DTV focus
Are you a consumer who is wondering how to go about connecting a digital-to-analog converter box to the analog TV you own and want...
Tester testament to broadcast freedom
In the Senate, Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) have introduced companion legislation to a House measure which would head off attempts to...
And you thought it could get expensive for licensees
Leave a key document out of your public file for a couple of reporting cycles and it could cost you $10K. Be glad. If...
DTV in the appointment book
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin and Commissioner Michael Copps were at a town hall meeting in Wilmington NC to help clue in interested citizens who...
House goes after Pentagon propaganda
An amendment to a defense bill that would prohibit the Pentagon from sending policy advocates out to media outlets in an effort to control news coverage has passed the House.
MMTC: FCC EEO program a “stunning failure”
Minorities continue to be underrepresented in broadcast newsrooms, and according to the Media Minority and Telecommunications Council, what little enforcement the FCC has engaged...
Martin tips off FCC June agenda
In keeping with his new ultra-bright sunshine policy, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has pointed his flashlight on the June 12, 2008 FCC Open Meeting about three weeks in advance, tripling the normal warning we’ve been used to receiving.
More stations pay for kiddie transgressions
The FCC continues to take a very dim view of television stations which overload children’s programming with advertising, even by a few seconds, and...
E&C Republicans want FCC to back off
At issue are the proposed remedies to enhance broadcast localism. Joe Barton (R-TX), Ranking Member of the Energy & Commerce Committee and Cliff Stearns...
Dorgan wants GAO study on consolidation effects
This time, Byron Dorgan (D-ND), the extremely media-conscious senator is concerned about the effects of vertical integration on program suppliers. He wants a Government...
House panel ready to revisit DTV
We’ll just let Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman have the mic for this one: “I am greatly encouraged that so many broadcasters are well...
Adelstein goes green
And he wants to take the FCC with him. According to Green Electronics Daily, FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein (D) would like the FCC to...