March 2007

ROCKEFELLER PLEDGES TO REINTRODUCE VIOLENCE BILL
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]

DUELING FOR DOLLARS
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Linda Moss and Mike Farrell]
A long look at the retransmission consent debate. Broadcasters are seeking cash for carriage of their signals. That demand has added a new tension and dynamic to negotiations between TV-station owners and cable companies, who are quarreling over payment for both analog and HDTV signals. With the stakes raised, broadcasters and cable companies each have an evolved arsenal of weapons they can now wield in these disputes.
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6421302.html

FORGET XM/SIRIUS; GIVE SATELLITE RADIO TO THE LISTENERS
[SOURCE: Lasar's Letter on the FCC, AUTHOR: Matthew Lasar]
[Commentary] Although Public Knowledge is suggested that a merged Sirius XM reserve five percent of its resources for "non-commercial educational and informational programming over which it has no editorial control", Lasar says "let XM and Sirius die. Then turn all of satellite radio into a listener supported, non-profit service."
http://www.lasarletter.net/drupal/node/373

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA IS WELL CONNECTED
[SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle 3/5, AUTHOR: Tom Abate]