The FCC will vote on contentious multicast must-carry rules at it...
The FCC will vote on contentious multicast must-carry rules at its June 21 meeting, according to an agenda released Wed. The order, which would reverse a previous rulemaking, didn’t mention so-called digital downconversion, once rumored to be on the…
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agenda. The meeting was delayed a week in part to give new Comr. McDowell a chance to review must-carry before he votes on it, sources said. Another media item to get a vote Wed. is a broad ownership review, championed by Chmn. Martin. The FCC also will take up a rule newly imposing universal service charges on VoIP and raising the safe harbor percentage for wireless payments into the USF. Also on the agenda: a broadcast satellite NPRM addressing 17.3-17.7 GHz, known as the “reverse DBS band.” The rulemaking will consider licensing and service rules for the satellite spectrum, which will be available effective April 1, 2007, substantially increasing DBS bandwidth over the U.S.