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7 hrs ago | WisInfo

Reg Wydeven column: Core programming still has place in digital era

Last week, 'Sesame Street' celebrated its 40th birthday. I absolutely loved 'Sesame Street' as a kid.

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Related Topix: Animated TV, Entertainment, Television, Children TV, Sesame Street, Business News

15 hrs ago | Customer Interaction Solutions

Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny a. Breuer;...

FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY CRM THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009 514-2007 ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE CRIMINAL DIVISION LANNY A. BREUER; JOSEPH PERSICHINI, JR., ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE FBI'S WASHINGTON FIELD OFFICE AND OTHERS TO HOLD PEN-AND-PAD BRIEFING WASHINGTON - Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer; Joseph ...

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Washington, DC, Business News, Telecom, US News

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Network World NetFlash

FCC: Internet program for deaf cheated out of millions

In court the Federal Communications Commission has charged 26 people with defrauding the agency of "tens of millions of dollars" from its program that lets people with hearing disabilities to communicate with hearing individuals through the use of interpreters and Web cameras.

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Room 8

media Alert*** Open Internet Forum With The Council Tech Committee -...

You can enter at either the Broadway/Murray St. or Park Row entrances. CITY HALL, NY - On Friday, November 20, 2009 at 10 AM in the Council Chambers of City Hall, the New York City Council Committee on Technology in Government will hold a public hearing regarding the Federal Communications Commission's six principles of Net Neutrality.

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Related Topix: Union Square (New York, NY), Hall, NY, New York Metro, Business News

Daily Breeze

Richard Wagoner: Am stereo shows what could have been

Long before digital radio broadcasting, known as HD Radio, came on the scene, there was stereo.

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Related Topix: Business News, San Francisco, CA

Customer Interaction Solutions

Twenty-Six Charged In Nationwide Scheme to Defraud The FCC's Video Relay Service Program

Arrests Made in Nine States Indictments were unsealed today against 26 people charged with engaging in a scheme to steal millions of dollars from the Federal Communications Commission's Video Relay Service program, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, Assistant Director of the FBI's Washington Field Office ...

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

CNN

Feds indict 26 in alleged scheme to defraud FCC program for the deaf

Federal authorities on Thursday indicted 26 suspects in nine states in a wide-ranging scheme to defraud a program intended to help the deaf.

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CBS News

Feds Crack Down on Call Center Scheme

In a widespread scheme, 26 people from seven companies in eight states were indicted today for stealing tens of millions of dollars from a government fund that provides video interpreters that translate sign language for the deaf.

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CIO

FCC Puts Time Limit on Review of Cell Sites

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday set limits on how long state and local governments can take to review proposals for cellular base stations.

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CTIA

Statement on the FCC's Approval of a Tower Siting "Shot Clock"

Today, CTIA-The Wireless AssociationA President and CEO Steve Largent issued the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission voted to approve a "shot clock" for tower siting applications: "On behalf of CTIA and the wireless industry, I would like to thank the Commission for moving ahead with this item.

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Related Topix: Business News, Emerging Technology, Wireless

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Multichannel News

Dingell Concerned About Spectrum Reallocation Proposals

The former Democratic chair of the House Energy & Commerce Committee says the Federal Communications Commission should come up with a national broadband rollout plan to Congress that promotes expansion of infrastructure while at the same time preserving, "to the greatest extent possible," free, over-the-air local broadcasting.

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Related Topix: Business News, US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, John Dingell

CIO

FCC Identifies Roadblocks to Broadband Adoption

Several factors, including a lack of a broadband subsidy program at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, have contributed to gaps in broadband adoption in the U.S., a new report from an FCC task force said.

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Total Telecom

Dell closer to selling Mini smartphone in US

Handset expected to go on sale in the U.S. in Q2 next year. Dell Inc. may be moving closer to entering the U.S. smartphone market, according to recent regulatory filings.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, Computers, Dell, PC, Business News

Multichannel News

Cablevision: Fewer Than 1% Of NYC Subs Affected By Crypto Waiver

Cablevision Systems said encrypting its full cable TV lineup in New York City would directly affect fewer than 1% of subscribers, and that it would offer analog-only customers two set-tops or CableCards free for at least two years if the Federal Communications Commission granted its request for a waiver to rules banning the encryption of basic ...

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Related Topix: Cablevision Sys, Cable & Satellite, Telecom, Television, TV, Electronics, Business News

Tue Nov 17, 2009

The Washington Post

Universal broadband's hurdles

Therea s not enough spectrum for mobile broadband. A federal fund for phone service needs to be repurposed to include broadband.

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Related Topix: Business News, Wireless, Emerging Technology, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, John Dingell

WTHI-TV Terre Haute

Former sheriff charged as radio pirate

A former Travis County Sheriff is being charged for breaking the law by running his own pirate radio station and illegally broadcasting the controversial Alex Jones radio show.

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Related Topix: Travis County, TX, Business News, Offbeat

Multichannel News

Herring Wants ALJ's Wealth TV Recommendation Rejected

How did a Federal Communications Commission administrative law judge come to the wrong conclusion about Wealth TV? Let the cable network's parent Herring Broadcasting count the ways.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

LinuxDevices.com

Lenovo's Pineview netbook breaks cover

What appears to be the first netbook based on Intel's "Pineview" Atom has broken cover, thanks to a filing last week on the FCC website.

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Related Topix: Business News, CPU, Science / Technology

BroadcastNewsroom

KLAS Files Response Denying Allegations Made In Auto Sale Coverage Complaint

As the station promised, KLAS-TV has filed a response at the Federal Communications Commission strongly denying allegations it covered an auto dealer liquidation sale in its newscast in exchange for an ad flight from the dealership.

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Related Topix: Business News, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, Made, Auto Dealers

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Los Angeles Times

Lots of smoke but likely to be few flames in D.C. for Comcast-NBC

The takeover of General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal by cable giant Comcast Corp.

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