HARRY C. MARTIN

The FCC has approved the first white space database and the first user devices. Such devices were to begin operation on Jan. 26, 2012, in the Wilmington,

The Supreme Court has decided not to hear an appeal filed by Cablevision relative to last year's decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second

The long-delayed extension of the law covering direct broadcast satellite retransmission of television stations became effective at the end of May. While

Nondiscrimination provisions could be applied to all media advertising.

The July 1 deadline for all stations to commence operation of their DTV facilities with either replication or maximized facilities or face the loss of

In a much-anticipated order, the FCC corrected, clarified and revised most of the miscues that had marred its 2004 decision re-vamping the MDS/ITFS band.

The FCC has approved equipment standards that will allow digital television sets to connect directly to digital cable service wall outlets without the need for a set-top box (“plug-and-play” TV).

A brief review of applicable law and regulation governing access to time by political candidates.

Requiring adherence to uniform frequency coordination procedures is expected to reduce interference between services sharing a band.

The FCC has released a controversial Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that could open the door for the use of unlicensed devices on vacant TV channels

The approach urged by the UCC would place the FCC in the role of evaluating programming content and, more ominously, regulating on the basis of that evaluation

The FCC has adopted a tower construction notification system, which is intended to help guide broadcasters through the ofttimes difficult process of determining

The commission is reminding video programming distributors that the closed captioning benchmarks for new English and Spanish non-exempt video programming

The Commission has initiated a top-to-bottom review of the broadcast ownership restrictions covering both the local and national ownership caps for all broadcast facilities.

The Commission’s Spectrum Task Force has taken its first stab at rewriting the FCC’s spectrum policies.

The FCC has three new Commissioners, who join incumbents Michael Powell and Gloria Tristani. They are: Kevin J. Martin, Kathleen Q. Abernathy and Michael