NTIA Chief Analyzes FCC Cable Plan

NTIA CHIEF ANALYZES FCC CABLE PLAN
[SOURCE: Technology Daily 5/8, AUTHOR: David Hatch]
Highlighting the challenges of the digital television transition, a Commerce Department official said that an FCC initiative governing cable carriage of digital broadcast signals may raise thorny First Amendment issues. John Kneuer, the chief of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration, said that the proposed rules, which are strongly opposed by the cable industry, might interfere with the transition if introduced "at this juncture." The transition deadline is Feb. 17, 2009.
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