This Week's DTV Hearings

THIS WEEK'S DTV HEARINGS
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The House Telecommunications & Internet Subcommittee released its witness list for the digital-TV-transition oversight hearing Feb. 13. Heading off the hearing on the first panel will be the heads of the two key government players, Meredith Baker, head of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and Kevin Martin, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Panel two features key industry players: Kyle McSlarrow, president of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association; David Rehr, president of the National Association of Broadcasters; Roy Bruno, president of the Community Broadcasters Association; Mark Jackson, president of EchoStar Technologies; Tom Romeo from IBM; Laurence Harris, vice president of RadioShack; and Chris Murray of Consumers Union. The Senate Commerce Committee released its witness list for a Feb. 14 hearing on the status of the DTV transition. As with the House hearing, the featured witnesses on the first panel are Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin and National Telecommunications and Information Administration chief Meredith Baker. The FCC is handling the technical end of the switch, while the NTIA is overseeing a subsidy program for DTV-to-analog converter boxes that allow over-the-air-only analog sets to still receive pictures after the switch. Weighing in on panel two are Allan Horlick, general manager of WUSA Washington, D.C.; Chris Murray of Consumers Union; and Byron St. Clair, president of the National Translator Association.

* Witness List Released for House Subcommittee DTV-Oversight Hearing
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6531069.html?rssid=193

* Senate Commerce Committee Unveils Witness List for DTV-Transition Hearing
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6531261.html?rssid=193