Federal Communications Commission Acting Chairman Michael Copps last week said the process for renewing station licenses should be radically altered. We couldn’t disagree more. There are stations on the ropes around the country, and tinkering with the renewal process right now could drive many of them...
The Federal Communications Commission is kicking off the formal process of re-examining the V-chip and other technologies that could protect kids from potentially indecent content on video—on television and other video devices. The FCC announced the review last night. Congress last year passed legislation...
The congressional decision to postpone to June the switch to digital television has placed a crucial decision in the hands of stations: Delay or proceed? If stations go forward and switch to digital broadcast signals on the original Feb. 17 date, they may leave unprepared viewers in the dark. For TVWeek's...
CBS, Fox, NBC, Telemundo and ABC have all agreed to keep both analog and digital signals airing for their owned and operated stations through the new June 12 date set for the DTV transition. Acting Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Copps made the announcement at his first FCC meeting...
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The House of Representatives vote on delaying the digital TV transition now is set for Wednesday, not Tuesday. The House Rules Committee today issued a notice saying it would meet tomorrow to set the rules under which the House would debate the DTV bill, but not until 5 p.m. Tuesday. House aides said...
Acting Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Copps struck a note of openness in remarks to the FCC staff today. At his first FCC staff meeting, Mr. Copps said the staff should start communicating more with each other, stop running requests from other FCC commissioners through the FCC chairman...
President Barack Obama has designated Democrat Michael Copps as acting chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. The move likely puts Mr. Copps in place to direct the digital TV transition, at least for a while. President Obama is expected to name Julius Genachowski to head the FCC, but that...