TVs Could Be Interfering With TV Reception

11/19/09 According to broadcasters and the government, one of the things that could be interfering with reception from indoor TV antennas is putting them near television sets. The National Association of Broadcasters and Consumer Electronics Association may be on opposite sides of the spectrum reclamation issue, but they are together on helping get those over-the-air signals to cons..... ...Read More »

TV's Could Be Interfering With TV Reception

11/19/09 According to broadcasters and the government, one of the things that could be interfering with reception from indoor TV antennas is putting them near television sets. The National Association of Broadcasters and Consumer Electronics Association may be on opposite sides of the spectrum reclamation issue, but they are together on helping get those over-the-air signals to consumers...... ...Read More »

Senate Passes Satellite Reauthorization Bill

11/19/09 The Senate Commerce Committee wasted no time Thursday passing the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA), its version of the satellite reauthorization bill. That came by voice vote as part of a package of bills that were fast-tracked through the process so legislators could meet other commitments.  The bill extends satellite operators' ..... ...Read More »

Senate Commerce Committee Passes STELA

11/19/09 The Senate Commerce Committee wasted no time Thursday passing the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA), its version of the satellite reauthorization bill. That came by voice vote as part of a package of bills that were fast-tracked through the process so legislators could meet other commitments. The bill extends satellite operators' licens..... ...Read More »

NAB: HD Is Driver, Retrans Is Beneficiary

11/18/09 NAB: HD Is Driver, Retrans Is BeneficiaryNAB Executive VP and General Counsel Jane Mago Wednesday sought Wednesday to clarify broadcasters' discussion with the FCC's broadband team headed by FCC broadband advisor Blair Levin.Levin said in a letter to Mago (http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/document/view?id=7020348885) that he had come out of an Oct. 30 meeting with broadcasters with..... ...Read More »

Broadcasters: We Need Full Spectrum to Get Full Retrans Value

11/18/09 Broadcasters have been telling the FCC that they will need every bit of their digital spectrum allocations to have sufficient leverage to get their money's worth out of retrans negotiations with multichannel video operators.At least that was the impression broadband czar Blair Levin says he got from a meeting with executives from the National Association of Broadcasters and the A..... ...Read More »

FCC Chairman Not Sure FCC Can Gauge Spectrum Demands

11/18/09 FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski Wednesday raised doubts that the FCC would be able to figure out just what the spectrum demands of the broadband nation will be, but made it clear that the wireless industry would need more. The FCC's Wireless bureau chief added that it would need to find it quickly, while broaband advisor Blair Levin said some broadcasters had been receptive to su..... ...Read More »

FCC Adopts Shot Clock On Wireless Tower Siting

11/18/09 The FCC Wednesday gave states and localities a shot clock for approving wireless industry applications for construction and installation of new facilities. The vote was 5-0 for the item. The deadline for co-locating facilities on existing towers will be 90 days, and 150 days for new tower sites, both of which are presumed to be the reasonable time frame for actin..... ...Read More »

FCC Adopts Shot Clock On Wireless Tower Citing

11/18/09 The FCC Wednesday gave states and localities a shot clock for approving wireless industry applications for construction and installation of new facilities.The vote was 5-0 for the item.The deadline for co-locating facilities on existing towers will be 90 days, and 150 days for new tower sites, both of which are presumed to be the reasonable time frame for acting on such requests. Afte..... ...Read More »

Waxman, Boucher Ask GAO For Study on How Government, Commercial Entities Use Spectrum

11/18/09 The chairs of the House Energy & Commerce Committee and the Communications Subcommittee have asked the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study of how the government and commercial entities use spectrum, including "commercial spectrum that may be underutilized and could potentially be reassigned or reallocated."That came in a letter Tuesday to Gene Dodaro, acting comptr..... ...Read More »

CEA, CTIA Ask FCC to Make Inquiry Into Reallocating Broadcast Spectrum

11/17/09 The Consumer Electronics Association and CTIA: The Wireless Association have asked the FCC to make an inquiry into reallocating broadcast spectrum usage part of the national broadband plan, saying it is about to run into a Communications Act deadline to do just that. In a letter to the FCC commissioners, the two groups say there is a looming spectrum crisis and point out that the Comm..... ...Read More »