FCC July 13 Open Meeting Agenda

FCC JULY 13 MEETING AGENDA
[SOURCE: Federal Communications Commission]
The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on Thursday, July 13, 2006, starting at 9:30 a.m. in Room TW-C305, at 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. The Commission will consider: 1) rules governing medical devices that rely on radiocommunications, 2) fining LocateCell.com, a databroker, for repeated failure to respond to FCC directives to provide subpoenaed information in connection with the Commission's privacy investigation, 3) approving the Adelphia-Time Warner-Comcast merger (see story below), 4) rules for digital audio broadcasting, and 5) the Interstate TRS Fund. Bring your own popcorn or visit www.fcc.gov/realaudio if you prefer to watch in your pajamas.
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-266285A1.doc

FCC SET TO VOTE ON ADELPHIA JULY 13
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Ted Hearn]
The Federal Communications Commission announced Thursday night that it plans to vote at its July 13 public meeting to approve the $16.9 billion acquisition of Adelphia Communications by Time Warner and Comcast, ending a review that has lingered at the agency for nearly 400 days. The approval is expected to come with several conditions related to sports programming, but the agency is not planning to impose Internet network-neutrality mandates on either Comcast or Time Warner, according to an FCC official. Under a merger proposal supported by FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, Comcast and Time Warner would be barred from charging noncompetitive rates in an effort to effectively withhold affiliated regional sports networks from competing distributors, such as EchoStar Communications and DirecTV, an FCC official said.
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6349995.html?display=Breaking+News
* FCC To Weigh In on Adelphia Breakup
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6350118.html?display=Breaking...