Over at TechLiberation, I ask the question: What’s the right way to allocate the airwaves? For years and years and years, the governing policy of federal communications was that the electro-magnetic spectrum was too “scarce” to be left to the devices of the marketplace. This kind of reasoning has always lacked substance.
I highlight the speech […]
At George Mason University, Hear a U.K. Perspective on Spectrum
November 11th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: GMU · IEP · white spaces
Broadcast Networks Seek ‘Time Out’ on FCC Push for White Spaces
October 23rd, 2008 · 7 Comments
By Drew Clark
WASHINGTON, October 23 – The top executives of the four major broadcast networks on Thursday urged the head of the Federal Communications Commission to delay a vote on a politically simmering issue that pits broadcasters against Google and high-tech executives.
In the letter, the CEOs of CBS Corp., NBC Universal and Walt Disney, and […]
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What Was the Gore Commission on Digital Television Broadcasting All About?
October 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
Note: On Friday, October 3, the Information Economy Project at George Mason University School of Law will feature a discussion about “The Gore Commission, 10 Years Later: The Public Interest Obligations of Digital TV Broadcasters in Perfect Hindsight.” It will be held at 8:30 a.m. at the National Press Club. Registration details are below.
By Drew […]
Tags: News · broadcasters · dtv
Do TV Broadcasters Have Obligations to the Public? Forum TOMORROW, 10/3
October 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments
Note: On Friday, October 3, the Information Economy Project at George Mason University School of Law will feature a discussion about “The Gore Commission, 10 Years Later: The Public Interest Obligations of Digital TV Broadcasters in Perfect Hindsight.” It will be held at 8:30 a.m. at the National Press Club. Registration details are below.
By Drew […]
