LAS VEGAS -- Wi-Fi advocates sounded a note of alarm about what they see as the threat from LTE-unlicensed, speaking to reporters on a call Tuesday, on the eve of the opening of CTIA’s annual conference Wednesday in Las Vegas. Dave Wright, advanced technologist at Ruckus Wireless, said on the call that “real-world” concerns remain about how well LTE-U and Wi-Fi would fit together.
As FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has set his sights on repealing exclusivity rules, broadcasters increasingly are arguing that compulsory license requirements should go down with them. The likelihood of saving the network nonduplication and syndicated exclusivity rules is questionable, broadcast experts said in interviews Friday.
House Communications Subcommittee members focused on the TV incentive auction Tuesday during FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s eighth hearing on Capitol Hill this year. That number of appearances “marks a new record,” said Subcommittee ranking member Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., saying no FCC chief has testified that much in a calendar year in at least 14 years. The auction is scheduled to happen by the end of 2016’s first quarter, with March 29 the inadvertently released expected date (see 1507200065).
House Communications Subcommittee members focused on the TV incentive auction Tuesday during FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s eighth hearing on Capitol Hill this year. That number of appearances “marks a new record,” said Subcommittee ranking member Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., saying no FCC chief has testified that much in a calendar year in at least 14 years. The auction is scheduled to happen by the end of 2016’s first quarter, with March 29 the inadvertently released expected date (see 1507200065).
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler anticipates “putting forth a[n AM radio service] proposal for my fellow Commissioners to consider in the near term that is based upon the record after careful consideration of all the views expressed, including yours,” he told Reps. Pete Olson, R-Texas, and Gene Green, D-Texas, in a letter dated July 15 that the agency released Friday. The lawmakers had told Wheeler they were glad he was advancing the AM revitalization proceeding. “Unfortunately the concerns you express regarding an AM-only filing window for FM translators have given us pause,” they said in their initial letter. “It is our understanding that demand for translators among AM stations continues to outstrip supply, particularly in locations where they are eligible for use by an AM station, which has caused prices for translators to skyrocket out of reach for many AM broadcasters. There are also many areas where there are simply no translators available for potential use by AM broadcasters, at any price.” Wheeler replied that the commission is still weighing different approaches from stakeholders.
Pay-TV technology supplier Motive Television developed what it’s calling the world’s first ATSC-format DVR for mobile devices. The new mobile DVR provides the ability to time-shift over-the-air programs on tablets and mobile devices, it said in a Thursday announcement. It works with the existing TabletTV app and TPod antenna that Motive developed jointly with Granite Broadcasting, it said. The DVR “uses an intuitive functionality and interface, similar to the functions consumers have used in the home for the past 20+ years,” it said. Users can schedule the DVR to record programs up to seven days in advance and then watch them for their personal use later, it said. TabletTV previously had a one-touch recording feature that permits pausing, playing and recording a current program, but the new DVR will extend that capability to recording future programs for later viewing, it said. Motive plans this month to introduce the DVR in a beta version to existing TabletTV users and will distribute the DVR to the larger “general market” in September, it said. Motive also later plans to license the DVR software to CE makers and app developers, it said.
Pay-TV technology supplier Motive Television developed what it’s calling the world’s first ATSC-format DVR for mobile devices. The new mobile DVR provides the ability to time-shift over-the-air programs on tablets and mobile devices, it said in a Thursday announcement. It works with the existing TabletTV app and TPod antenna that Motive developed jointly with Granite Broadcasting, it said. The DVR “uses an intuitive functionality and interface, similar to the functions consumers have used in the home for the past 20+ years,” it said. Users can schedule the DVR to record programs up to seven days in advance and then watch them for their personal use later, it said. TabletTV previously had a one-touch recording feature that permits pausing, playing and recording a current program, but the new DVR will extend that capability to recording future programs for later viewing, it said. Motive plans this month to introduce the DVR in a beta version to existing TabletTV users and will distribute the DVR to the larger “general market” in September, it said. Motive also later plans to license the DVR software to CE makers and app developers, it said.
Pay-TV technology supplier Motive Television developed what it’s calling the world’s first ATSC-format DVR for mobile devices. The new mobile DVR provides the ability to time-shift over-the-air programs on tablets and mobile devices, it said in a Thursday announcement. It works with the existing TabletTV app and TPod antenna that Motive developed jointly with Granite Broadcasting, it said. The DVR “uses an intuitive functionality and interface, similar to the functions consumers have used in the home for the past 20+ years,” it said. Users can schedule the DVR to record programs up to seven days in advance and then watch them for their personal use later, it said. TabletTV previously had a one-touch recording feature that permits pausing, playing and recording a current program, but the new DVR will extend that capability to recording future programs for later viewing, it said. Motive plans this month to introduce the DVR in a beta version to existing TabletTV users and will distribute the DVR to the larger “general market” in September, it said. Motive also later plans to license the DVR software to CE makers and app developers, it said.
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TACOMA, Wash. -- CBP will put on hold some customs broker modernization efforts in order to consider a more expansive revision to the regulations, said CBP Assistant Commissioner Brenda Smith while meeting with reporters during the agency's West Coast Trade Symposium on May 27. While CBP recently announced progress in the required regulatory process, the agency will instead take another look at available options, she said. Smith said she could not discuss the specific problems within the package that resulted in the pause.