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South Asian operators show interest in mobile TV at BroadcastAsia; few have firm plans for deploymentsThe conversion to terrestrial DTV is the immediate focus, and some are considering ISDB-T.... |
OMVC to test consumer interest in mobile DTV in Washington, D.C.
The ATSC A/153 Mobile DTV standard will get its first real-world test....
New spectrum sales are key to Obama’s budget
The administration will extend the FCC’s authority to auction spectrum....
Linear Acoustic opens Beijing office; adds regional director of development
Daniel Wang, regional director of development Asia, will work from the Beijing office and travel to customers throughout Asia....
Jiangsu Broadcasting adds Omneon servers for transmission solution
The new transmission solution from Omneon supports ingest and playout for 12 SD channels and one HD channel....
Digital Alert Systems rolls out educational EAS website
The new site provides a comprehensive resources page devoted to helping broadcasters be more aware of FCC mandatory regulations....
Dielectric to unveil DLP low-power antenna series at NAB Show
The DLP antenna series is designed to provide broadcasters with a low-weight and wind-load system....
LARCAN, Sumavision Technologies partner to offer MPEG encoding for transmission use
The new Octane series of encoder-multiplexers is an affordable MPEG solution for television transmission solutions....
Dates and events you need to know
The FCC Media Bureau will conduct a media ownership workshop Feb. 23 in Columbia, SC....
Bela TV, Enforcement Bureau settle broadcast indecency action
The broadcaster has agreed to make a voluntary payment of $25,000 to the U.S. Treasury and the Enforcement Bureau will drop its investigation of a 2006 alleged violation of broadcast indecency rules by KBEH-TV....
Comment period begins for EAS rulemaking proceeding
Publication of the Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on proposed changes to commission Emergency Alert System rules started the clock on the comment period....
Can condo rules bar outdoor OTA antenna installation?
The FCC Media Bureau is seeking comments on a petition from a Nashville resident whose condo homeowners association rules prohibit installation of an outdoor antenna....
Obama asks Congress for $352.5 million to fund FCC in fiscal 2011
The budget request will fund several initiatives, including continued work on the National Broadband Plan....
Technical, economic issues make transition of TV transmission to DTS unlikely, says Weiss
While Merrill Weiss, a leading authority on distributed transmission system broadcasting, says such a move might be technically possible, many practical problems make the transition doubtful....
MaxLinear enables antenna-free handsets
The MxL751SM delivers a diversity-channel solution for ISDB-T mobile TV at the cost, size and power requirements of single-channel solutions. ...
Proposed DTS approach is ‘impractical,’ costly, says NAB/MSTV in FCC filing
Last week, the broadcast groups said a proposal to free up spectrum for wireless broadband service by transitioning TV broadcasters to a distributed transmission system infrastructure does not make sense....
