Not everyone is still enjoying the Memorial Day weekend. Two events of note at the FCC this week: 1) an organizational meeting of the Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications in the Digital Age today and 2) a full FCC meeting on Thursday. Finally, on Friday, the New America Foundation hosts "A Broadband Pipe, or a $12 Billion Pipe Dream?", a discussion on the upcoming spectrum auction.
EX-NTIA CHIEFS SKETCH PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN
[SOURCE: Technology Daily 5/23, AUTHOR: David Hatch]
WAR FEARS TURN DIGITAL AFTER DATA SIEGE IN ESTONIA
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Mark Landler & John Markoff]
'NET NEUTRALITY' GROUP MISSING KEY BACKERS
[SOURCE: Technology Daily 5/24, AUTHOR: David Hatch]
BODY BLOW FOR MARTIN IN VIOLENCE BILL
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Ted Hearn]
VENEZUELAN TV STATION GOES DARK
[SOURCE: Los Angeles Times, AUTHOR: Chris Kraul]
TELEVISION NETWORKS WANT YOU TO WATCH THE COMMERCIALS
[SOURCE: Associated Press, AUTHOR: David Bauder]
Fueled by a growing sense of desperation, networks are inserting games, quizzes and mini-dramas into commercial breaks. They're incorporating more product pitches into programming. Two experimental programs without traditional commercial breaks will premiere this fall. NBC has even called on Jerry Seinfeld for help. This is all being done to stop viewers with digital video recorders from fast-forwarding through advertisements, or to circumvent those that do.
MORE BANDWIDTH THAN YOU CAN USE?
[SOURCE: BusinessWeek, AUTHOR: Arik Hesseldahl]
DIAL-UP FIRM IN A RACE TO DIVERSIFY
[SOURCE: Los Angeles Times, AUTHOR: James S. Granelli]
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