The FCC will decide at its June 9 agenda meeting whether to grant...
The FCC will decide at its June 9 agenda meeting whether to grant a CE industry petition to eliminate the July 1, 2005, DTV tuner mandate deadline on 50% of 25"-36” sets, officials said. The CE industry also wants…
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to advance by 4 months, to March 1, 2006, a deadline by which all such sets must have ATSC tuning. Broadcasters oppose scrapping the 50% deadline, urging the FCC to advance CE’s March 2006 deadline to Nov. or Dec. 2005 to take advantage of TV sales during the holiday and Super Bowl selling season. July 1, 2007, is the deadline by which all TV sets and CE devices with TV tuners must include DTV functionality. Draft legislation would accelerate that deadline by a year. With much talk about moving forward with the DTV transition, it’s unclear whether the FCC would grant the CE industry petition, a Commission source said. The 2nd media item on FCC’s agenda is a notice of proposed ruling making on how to streamline obtaining radio licenses. The FCC also will act on 2 wireless items: (1) Petitions seeking reconsideration of the Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) order (CD May 23 p3), the Commission said. Petitions were filed by CTIA, Verizon Wireless, Research in Motion, Rural Telecom Group (RTG) and several TDMA carriers. (2) A declaratory ruling and an NPRM to carry out provisions of the Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act and to update competitive bidding rules and procedures. The Act, signed by President Bush in Dec. as part of a wider HR-5419 legislation, created the spectrum relocation trust fund, which guarantees that advanced wireless services auction revenue can be used to move govt. users off the 1710-1755 MHz part of the band.