FCC sets roadmap for using vacant TV airwaves
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The U.S. Federal Communications  Commission on Tuesday set a roadmap for making airwaves between  television channels available for other services by early 2009,  when broadcasters are due to switch to digital signals.
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday kicked off efforts that could reshape the communications services available to airline passengers, deciding to auction off spectrum now set aside for air-to-ground phone service and proposing to relax its ban on the use of cellular phones in flight.
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Owners of thousands of small television stations that reach rural populations or specialize in community affairs and minority programming are worried the digital transition is going to leave their audiences watching a blank screen.
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Facing pressure from regulators, the cable TV industry plans to make good on a promise to standardize its technology and open the door to televisions and other gadgets that don't need cable boxes to receive video-on-demand programs and other interactive services.
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If the FCC's auction of former UHF bandwidth were to end here, it might raise over $19 billion. But with bidding activity slowing to a crawl, the Commission has one more tool in its arsenal to squeeze out some more value.
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A year from Sunday,  television for many Americans will cut to black. Analog signals  will stop transmitting, older sets will become useless and  millions of TV-watching households will simply disappear.
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The Federal Communications Commissionâs auction of federally owned airwaves is eventually expected to bring the government at least $10 billion.
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Federal Communications Commission member Michael Copps on Wednesday made a plea for more diversity on the TV airwaves, and stated his case against media deregulation with an appeal to the government agency to require that a certain number of primetime hours be set aside for programing from independent producers.
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Federal regulators will try again to test prototypes for transmitting high-speed internet service over unused television airwaves. The devices will be tested in laboratory and real-world conditions.
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(Washington, DC-NBC) Dec. 15, 2004 - The Federal Communications Commission is preparing to give away broadband space for wireless Internet service on board airliners, and it&#39;s opening up for public comment on cell phone use.
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The Bush administration is expected to press for speedier licensing of public airwaves for auction to private companies. But telecom regulators say wireless apps need unlicensed spectrum too. By Joanna Glasner.
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Federal regulators said they will try again to test prototypes on Jan. 24 for transmitting high-speed Internet service over unused television airwaves.
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Less than thirteen months remain for US television stations to move off the old analog VHF and UHF spectra, into their new digital allotments. But even now, the FCC has to deal with stations that have yet to finalize their construction plans.
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The FCC is about to approve rules that could affect open access of wireless networks, including the portability of cell phones and applications.
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After Feb. 17, 2009, full-power television stations will broadcast a digital signal only, meaning people who do not have a digital-ready TV and watch programs with an antenna will need a special converter box.
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Federal regulators plan to throw out exclusive cable television service contracts with apartment buildings and open up competition to phone companies, according to a published report
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Yesterday, Michael Powell, US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman said that technology and telecommunications companies are working on ways to develop pipe television shows to consumers&#39; homes via high-speed Internet lines.