Government Hungry for TV's Airwaves
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Regulators are stepping up their pressure on TV stations to give up billions of dollars worth of airwaves in major markets around the country.-The Washington Post
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NEW YORK New this fall season: Broadcast networks will rely on social networks, guerrilla events, video-on-demand, YouTube, Web portals and mobile technology more than ever before to promote their new lineups to increasingly distracted consumers. What&#39;s not so new is the continued reliance on their own airwaves to do most of the work.
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The U.S. Federal Communications  Commission this week hopes to do what Congress could not  accomplish this year -- help AT&T Inc. and Verizon  Communications get into the television business faster.
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A multi-billion pound auction of  airwaves for a new wave of digital services is announced by Ofcom.
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The magnitude of the proposed cuts in federal funds for public broadcasting put forth this week sent public broadcasters scrambling.
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Text of report in English by Thai newspaper The Nation website on 19 February  The Campaign for Popular Media Reform yesterday [18 February] demanded the government free Channel 11 from state control after it permitted media tycoon Sondhi Limthongkul to use the station for broadcasts.
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Michael K. Powell, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has been at the forefront of efforts to get consumers to buy high-definition TVÂs.
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Yes, our government is now in the business of pushing expensive TV sets on consumers who are wisely keeping their wallets closed.
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Radio broadcasters are considering technology and business models that may soon allow listeners to click, listen and buy the tunes they hear on their favorite radio stations.
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Lawmakers believe the analog TV spectrum can be put to much better use and can generate billions in auctions to telecom companies. So Congress is considering paying Americans to ditch over-the-air analog TV and switch to digital. Michael Grebb reports from Washington.
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Media watchdog Ofcom proposes a new TV channel to broadcast public service programmes in the UK.
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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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If the Federal Communications Commission has its way, every American will see things a bit more clearly by the end of 2006. That&#39;s when every TV station in the United States
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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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The FCC's crackdown on broadcast radio is making satellite a tempting alternative.
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Analysis: Advocacy groups lobby the FCC over potential use of the 700MHz spectrum.
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Most people would end up paying more for cable and satellite television if they could pick  the channels they wanted to watch instead of having to buy large packages, according to a study. -The Washington Post