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Best Buy Challenges FCC's Analog-TV-Labeling Authority
By John Eggerton - 05/14/2008
Best Buy has challenged the FCC's authority to require it to label analog-only TV sets, suggesting that major retailers are beginning to present a united front on the issue. More

Circuit City Challenges FCC Fine
By John Eggerton - 05/14/2008
A major retailer is challenging the FCC on its digital-TV-transition rules. More
FCC Unanimously OKs Framework for D-Block Reauction
By John Eggerton - 05/14/2008
The FCC voted 5-0 to approve an effort to come up with a successful framework for reauctioning spectrum for an interoperable public-safety network, but it could have been 3-2. More
FCC Issues NPRM on D-Block Reauction
By John Eggerton - 05/14/2008
The FCC Wednesday released the questions it will ask, and answers it is seeking, as it creates a framework for reauctioning the D block of spectrum. More
Harman Bill Would Fund Public-Safety Network
By John Eggerton - 05/14/2008
Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) introduced a bill that would fund administrative costs of a national interoperable public-safety network for first responders. More
McCormick Says No to Network Neutrality
By John Eggerton - 05/14/2008
Walter McCormick, president of USTelecom, essentially made an argument against network-neutrality regulation but without invoking the phrase. More
AP, Networks Challenge S.D. Law
By John Eggerton - 05/14/2008
According to AP, it joined with the major broadcast and cable news networks to file suit against a South Dakota law that they said infringes on speech and their ability to report on elections. More
Cox to Carry Lifetime’s Ancillary Channels
By B&C Staff - 05/14/2008
Lifetime Networks said Wednesday that Cox Communications will begin carrying all of its ancillary offerings. More
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Marisa Guthrie, Staff Writer, Broadcasting & Cable
May 6, 2008
Clinton's Towering Advantage
Hillary Clinton’s appearance on Sunday’s This Week with George Stephano...
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Marisa Guthrie, Staff Writer, Broadcasting & Cable
April 17, 2008
Cheney Kills at RTCA Dinner
Dick Cheney was not the "entertainment" for the evening, but the famously...
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David Bianculli, Contributor, Broadcastingcable.com
April 14, 2008
NAB 2008: Murrow, Minow...and Robbins
Actor-writer-director Tim Robbins, who has been known to speak his mind when standi...
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BC/DC: Eggerton on Washington
John Eggerton, Washington Bureau Chief, Broadcasting & Cable
April 7, 2008
The Annenberg School of Butt-Kicking
I can't wait to see the "4-D" movie at the newly new Newseum. It sounds lik...
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Adam Smith - 5/14/2008 6:37:11 PM PT
in response to Low Powers Seek $450M in DTV Aid

What if Congress delays the death of analog because the public and the industry won't...
Adam Smith - 5/14/2008 6:05:35 PM PT
in response to FCC Unanimously OKs Framework for D-Block Reauction

Each FCC commish should have to spend a whole week trying to watch DTV with a set-top...
Adam Smith - 5/13/2008 9:13:57 PM PT
in response to Motorola to Resubmit White-Spaces Device

as long as your tv has an ATSC Tuner yuo can use any old rabbit ears yuo want, includ...
HD-Tester - 5/13/2008 5:19:40 PM PT
in response to Need a DTV-to-Analog Converter-Box Coupon? Ask Sen. Stevens

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Broadcasting & Cable TechTalk: The Other Digital Transition

As the broadcast industry prepares for the Feb. 2009 DTV transition, stations are also consumed with converting their analog microwave links to new digital equipment.

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Jake Tapper's Caricatures
ABC News' Jake Tapper has a not-so-hidden talent as a caricaturist whose work has been published in several national papers. The following are from Tapper's ABC News blog, Political Punch, at blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch

Headshots: Caricatures of the Fifth Estate
From B&C's 'Fifth Estater' column, a gallery of caricatures by artist Michael Caplanis

CNN's Democratic Debate - Kodak Theater
CNN hosts the first head-to-head debate between Democratic Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama at L.A.'s Kodak Theater, Jan. 31.

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I know you're all unsure about what to expect from this week's upfront presentations in New York City. I don't blame you. Everything just feels smaller this year. Let's face it, there hasn't been a more celebrated lack of pilots since food poisoning ravaged the cockpit in the classic flick Airplane. Words like “depressing” are being thrown around by the usually bubbliest of execs to...
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