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As the welcomes roll in for Julius Genachowski, whom President Obama formally announced Tuesday as his nominee for FCC chairman, so are hints of some of the challenges and changes he could bring. Expectations for change from Mr. Genachowski quickly started to surface on issues ranging from indecency...
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For the second time this week, the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee is urging broadcasters not to go ahead with the digital TV changeover before June 12. In a statement today, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., suggested broadcasters should act in the public interest and delay any move. Sen. Rockefeller...
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Hours after the House failure to delay the digital TV transition, the outlines of a plan for a new House vote next week started emerging. The first step: A new vote in the U.S. Senate on a slightly revised DTV bill. Where do you stand on delaying the DTV switch? Make your voice heard in TVWeek's...
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A bipartisan agreement to delay the country’s digital TV changeover from Feb. 17 to June 12 was announced Thursday night by Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va. Sen. Rockefeller said a Senate vote on the legislation likely would take place next week. Sen. Rockefeller had earlier...
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The U.S. Senate could vote as early as today to delay the digital TV changeover to June 12. Senate staffers said today that because of the limited time before the Feb. 17 transition, the Senate leadership is hoping to short-circuit normal committee procedures and take directly to the floor legislation...
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Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., is proposing the transition to all-digital television signals be delayed until June 12. The current DTV-switch date is Feb. 17, but President-elect Barack Obama last week asked legislators to push the date back. (Editor: Baumann)
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West Virginia Sen. Jay Rockefeller’s ascension to the chairmanship of the Senate Commerce Committee could mean a Senate far more active on broadcast television issues, industry executives and public-interest groups say. But media executives yearning for a drastic change in terms of how the government...
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It’s finally official. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., will take over next year as chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, the main Senate committee dealing with media issues. The announcement was made today by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., after a vote by the Democratic caucus. Sen. Rockefeller...
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A House Energy & Commerce Committee report may have been damning of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin’s leadership, but it appears it won’t result in any quick congressional restructuring of the nation’s communications agency. While it’s still early, upcoming changes at the...
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The incoming chairmen of the Senate and House committees that oversee the Federal Communications Commission are urging its chairman, Kevin Martin, to devote his remaining days to the digital TV transition and to postpone FCC action on several controversial issues. The warning from U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman...
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The playing field is changing in Congress for broadcasters and media companies for the second time in a week. West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd is stepping down as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which likely will lead to the other West Virginia senator, Jay Rockefeller, stepping in as...