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Regulation

Jun. 19, 2013

Article

“We Are Watching You Act” introduced to regulate privacy in the home

Major telecommunications companies are exploring technology that would record the personal activities of consumers as they watch television from the privacy of their own homes....More
Jun. 19, 2013

Article

Candidate for FCC chairman reveals priorities at Senate Confirmation Hearings

Wheeler called himself “an unabashed supporter of competition,” adding that he believes the government should help improve public access to broadband networks, promote universal service and enhance public services....More
Jun. 14, 2013

Article

EBU steps in to save Greek state broadcasting

The EBU set up a makeshift SNG unit in Athens to maintain a basic TV service after the abrupt closure of state broadcaster ERT by the Greek government....More
Jun. 6, 2013

Article

Dateline

Comments on OET white paper are due June 21....More
Jun. 6, 2013

Article

New FCC Webpage aims to simplify input channel updates for TV translators, LPTV stations

The special agency Web page makes it simple for TV translator, low-power and Class A stations to update information about their input channels in the Media Bureau’s Consolidated Database System....More
Jun. 6, 2013

Article

Spectrum repack may leave rural TV viewers in the dark

The FCC’s spectrum repack currently makes no provision for TV translators and low-power television stations, threatening the way rural TV viewers receive their OTA signal....More
Jun. 4, 2013

Article

OET asks for comment on Google TV-band database test

The Federal Communications Commission’s Office of Engineering and Technology is asking for interested parties to comment on the 45-day public trial of Google’s TV bands database....More
Jun. 1, 2013

Article

Broadcast Engineering

Stormy weather ahead for broadcasters

President Obama appoints former NCTA and CTIA bigwig Tom Wheeler to the post of FCC Chairman. Wheeler was president and lobbyist for the NCTA from 1979 to 1984, and CEO and lobbyist for the CTIA from 1992 to 2004. Wheeler passes muster as longtime Democrat fundraiser and a serial lobbyist, and writes an anti-broadcast blog. Hang on broadcasters, there may be some rough times ahead…...More
May 31, 2013

Article

EU waters down connected TV proposals

The EU appears to be drawing back from imposing rigorous data privacy and competition regulations on the nascent hybrid-TV market as it approaches the point of legislation....More
May 29, 2013

Article

Commissioner Pai wants reserve prices of broadcast auction to be accurately reassessed

The Expanding Opportunities for Broadcaster Coalition has been lobbying FCC members about criteria the broadcasters want included in the auction....More

“We Are Watching You Act” introduced to regulate privacy in the home

Candidate for FCC chairman reveals priorities at Senate Confirmation Hearings

EBU steps in to save Greek state broadcasting

Dateline

New FCC Webpage aims to simplify input channel updates for TV translators, LPTV stations

Spectrum repack may leave rural TV viewers in the dark

OET asks for comment on Google TV-band database test

Stormy weather ahead for broadcasters

EU waters down connected TV proposals

Commissioner Pai wants reserve prices of broadcast auction to be accurately reassessed

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