Tate, Copps Nominated for the FCC
[SOURCE: White House press release]
On Wednesday, President Bush announced his intention to nominate Deborah Taylor Tate and Michael Joseph Copps to serve as commissioners on the Federal Communications Commission.
November 2005
House to Vote on DTV Legislation Today
The House is expected to vote on budget legislation today that includes provisions for setting a hard for the end of analog TV broadcasting in the US. The Senate has already approved a companion bill, but the House version includes various provisions on cable conversion of the digital signal, a consumer education campaign, and a detailed blueprint for the subsidy. Those sneaky little provisions may have to be stripped out in conference to square with rules that prevent legislating on appropriations bills. What we're likely to see come out of conference is legislation that simply sets a hard date and provides a subsidy for analog-to-digital convertor boxes. The House and Senate will have to address other issues, then, in additional DTV bills.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6282535?display=Breaking+News...
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Keeping Local TV Stations Viable
[SOURCE: Marketwatch.com, AUTHOR: David B. Wilkerson]
Prime Time Anytime
[SOURCE: Los Angeles Times, AUTHOR: Editorial Staff]
Number of Sexual Scenes on TV Nearly Double Since 1998
[SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation]
Delays, Low Fines Weaken FCC Attack on Indecency
[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Frank Ahrens]
Stevens To Hold Summit On Television 'Decency'
[SOURCE: CongressDaily, AUTHOR: Molly M. Peterson]
Telecommunication Issue Sides each Proclaim Victory
[SOURCE: Globe Gazette, AUTHOR: John Skipper john.skipper@globegazette.com]
How Cellular Networks are Threatened
[SOURCE: Financial Times, AUTHOR: John Gapper]
Phone Outages Grow More Severe
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Jesse Drucker jesse.drucker@wsj.com and Amy Schatz Amy.Schatz@wsj.com]