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FCC Chief Steps Down
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jan 24, 2005

Last Friday, Michael Powell announced that he will resign as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission after four years of often-controversial leadership. Son of outgoing US Secretary of State Colin Powell, the FCC chief yanked more than a few chains with his policies and attitudes toward the media under his jurisdiction.

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FCC Considers "DTV Task Force"
 |  Sep 09, 2001

The <A HREF="http://www.fcc.gov">Federal Communications Commission</A> (FCC) is considering forming a "task force" to tackle the botched rollout of digital television, according to reports from Washington in late August and early September.

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FCC Correct with Rules for Set-top Boxes, Court Finds
 |  Jun 11, 2000

The <A HREF="http://www.fcc.gov/">Federal Communications Commission</A> was correct when it formulated rules preventing cable operators from offering integrated security and channel-surfing features in cable set-top boxes, a District of Columbia appeals court has declared. The regulations, which will take effect in 2005, are derived from a proper interpretation of provisions in the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the court found.

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FCC Delays Analog Auction; Court OKs Satellite Rights
 |  Jul 15, 2001

The <A HREF="http://www.fcc.gov">Federal Communications Commission</A> announced July 11 that it will postpone indefinitely its much&ndash;discussed auction of the analog broadcast spectrum. Many observers interpreted the decision as evidence that the 2006 deadline for converting the nation's television system to digital will not be met.

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FCC Denies Sinclair Petition
Jon Iverson  |  Feb 06, 2000

On the heels of aggressive lobbying by the Sinclair Broadcast Group (see <A HREF="http://www.guidetohometheater.com/shownews.cgi?639">related story</A>), the FCC today released a letter denying a Petition for Expedited Rulemaking, filed by Sinclair, requesting that the Commission modify its rules to allow broadcasters to transmit Digital Television (DTV) signals using COFDM modulation in addition to the current 8-VSB modulation standard.

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FCC Does DTV Promo Tour
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 22, 2008
With the DTV transition deadline looming early next year, members of the Federal Communications Commission are hitting the streets to educate Americans. They want viewers to take action before analog broadcasting ends on February 17, 2008.
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FCC Doom and Gloom on DTV Transition
SV Staff  |  Oct 16, 2008
While the transition is coming, ready or not, a member of the FCC has said that it "will be messy . . . but we'll get through it." This quote is from Robert McDowell (R), just a few weeks after FCC Chairman Daniel Inouye said that the...
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FCC Eases DTV Transition Rules
 |  Nov 18, 2001

The Federal Communications Commission has changed some of its rules governing the transition from analog to digital television, according to an unofficial <A HREF="http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/News_Releases/2001/nrmm0114.html">... about a "reconsideration order" issued November 8.

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FCC Endorses the ‘U.S. Cyber Trust’ Program. Whew...
Bob Ankosko  |  Mar 28, 2024
Last October, S&V’s man about town and all-around tech expert Ken Pohlmann wrote about a government-sponsored cybersecurity labeling program designed to give consumers peace of mind that TVs and other smart products they buy are essentially hack-proof. On March 14th, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to approve the program.
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FCC Gets 900,000 DTV Panic Calls
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 16, 2009
The Federal Communications Commission has fielded more than 900,000 calls since analog television broadcasting was shut down on Friday June 12.
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FCC Gets CableCARD Comments
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 20, 2010
When we last left the Federal Communications Commission, it was thinking over ways to improve the CableCARD situation, as well as the card's next-generation successor. As part of that process, it requested comments from all and sundry. Be careful what you wish for.
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FCC Girds for Analog Armageddon
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 22, 2009
With just three weeks to go before the end of analog broadcasting, scheduled for June 12, the Federal Communications Commission is going into high gear to ensure that the final stage of the DTV transition goes smoothly.
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FCC Gives More Leeway in Digital Switch
Barry Willis  |  Sep 23, 2001

Broadcasters will have an easier task ahead of them when it comes time to make the permanent change to digital, thanks to a recent decision by the <A HRF="http://www.fcc.gov">Federal Communications Commission</A> (FCC).

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FCC Green-Lights Comcast-NBCU Merger
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 19, 2011
After long deliberations, the Federal Communications Commission has given the green light to the merger between Comcast, the nation's larger cable operator, and NBC-Universal, which owns a major movie studio and a variety of TV networks including NBC and a slew of cable channels.

On the heels of the FCC announcement, the Justice Department announced its own approval of the merger.

However, the approval didn't come without plenty of conditions. And one commissioner, Michael J. Copps (left of chair Julius Genachowski in picture), gave a piece of his mind to the others who voted for approval.

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FCC Green-Lights DTV Range Fix
Mark Fleischmann  |  Nov 17, 2008
As the DTV transition looms in February 2009, some TV stations are worrying that their signal dispersion pattern may shrink or change shape. To deal with that potential problem, the Federal Communications Commission has green-lighted distributed transmission systems (DTS). This is essentially a fix that would allow the usual single broadcast tower to be supplemented with additional transmitters.
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