FCC to Require Broadcasters to Keep Tapes of Shows

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FCC to Require Broadcasters to Retain
Copies of Broadcasts up to 90 Days

FCC to Require Broadcasters to Retain
Copies of Broadcasts up to 90 Days 07/08/2004 12:37 AM
Blogger Ernest Miller says:

The FCC has been cracking down on supposedly indecent broadcasts (and chilling free speech) ever since Bono was really impressed by the Golden Globes and Janet had her malfunction. Under the current rules, in order to send in an indecency complaint, the complainer had to provide a "tape, transcript or significant excerpt." Broadcasters weren't required to maintain copies of a show, so complaintants faced a minimal burden to complain. However, now the FCC is going to require broadcasters to maintain copies of broadcasts for 60-90 days. They are considering letting people issue complaints with no evidence (since the broadcaster will be able to produce the tape), and if the complaint is late (after the 60-90 days) broadcasters can still be hit. This will really open the floodgates to indecency complaints.

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"National Associations of Broadcasters
begs the FCC to ban local content on
satellite broadcasters"

"National Associations of Broadcasters
begs the FCC to ban local content on
satellite broadcasters" 04/19/2004 09:36 AM

Broadcasters to Air Olympics on
Computers (AP)

Broadcasters to Air Olympics on
Computers (AP) 08/10/2004 10:48 AM
AP - The 100-meter dash and other cherished Olympic moments will for the first time be beamed to computers and mobile phones during the Athens Games. But while many Europeans will be able to see them live on the Internet, Americans will have to settle for tape delay.

Broadcasters Gut Digital TV Bill

Broadcasters Gut Digital TV Bill 09/23/2004 05:15 AM
The television industry scores an amendment to a bill that would have forced them to give up lots of valuable spectrum to emergency workers. The change all but guts the bill. Michael Grebb reports from Washington.

Microsoft, Apple Target Broadcasters

Microsoft, Apple Target Broadcasters 04/20/2004 07:09 AM

Sprint lands more broadcasters for
streaming TV

Sprint lands more broadcasters for
streaming TV 07/28/2004 04:42 PM
Still looking for the magic bullet that will keep cell phone users online and loyal, Sprint announced this week three new additions to its streaming TV service, MobiTV, with some programming produced specifically for mobile handsets.

Powell to broadcasters: 'Evolve or die'

Powell to broadcasters: 'Evolve or die' 04/20/2004 04:45 PM
The FCC chairman says developing communications technology such as Wi-Fi challenge traditional licensed broadcasters to keep up.

MS Connects Film Studios, Broadcasters

MS Connects Film Studios, Broadcasters 04/05/2005 05:18 PM
Microsoft has extended its Connected Services Framework to bridge the disconnect between film studios and broadcasters. The framework offers a Web services-based system to build a shared services infrastructure for digital asset management and content distribution using a service-oriented architecture (SOA).

Intel wants broadcasters to share the
airwaves

Intel wants broadcasters to share the
airwaves 08/04/2004 11:12 AM
vnunet.com Aug 4 2004 2:18PM GMT

Broadcasters feel left out of Net summit

Broadcasters feel left out of Net summit 12/08/2003 07:11 PM
Boston Globe Dec 8 2003 5:09PM ET

Pushing Broadcasters To Free Up Spectrum

Pushing Broadcasters To Free Up Spectrum 09/20/2004 04:56 AM
In all the discussions over wireless spectrum, the elephant in the room continues to be the incredible amount of spectrum TV broadcasters have had for years, given to them for free, which they don't want to give up. The spectrum was originally given to them to get them to move to digital broadcasts, but it was set up in a way that made it easy for the broadcasters to hang onto the spectrum for as long as they wanted: until 85% of the country had equipment to receive digital broadcasts, the broadcasters could keep the spectrum. In other words, all of the incentives were for the broadcasters to drag their feet -- which is exactly what they've done. Now John McCain is trying to push the issue by allocating $1 billion to help more people get digital receivers for their TVs. While a billion seems like a lot, it's nothing compared to what the freed up spectrum is likely to be worth in a variety of ways. Some of it is likely to be auctioned off for a lot more than $1 billion, and other portions can (hopefully) be opened up for open spectrum purposes, which should drive a variety of new wireless technologies, services and applications. The spectrum situation with the broadcasters is a complete mess. At this point, just about anything to get some of that spectrum back from the broadcasters seems like a good plan.

Microsoft tailors software for
filmmakers, broadcasters

Microsoft tailors software for
filmmakers, broadcasters 04/06/2005 07:28 AM
PC Authority Apr 6 2005 11:11AM GMT

Olympic broadcasters deliver games
online

Olympic broadcasters deliver games
online 08/07/2004 10:49 PM
Bradenton.com - Sat Aug 7, 10:48 am GMT

Nextel Strikes Deal With TV Broadcasters
(washingtonpost.com)

Nextel Strikes Deal With TV Broadcasters
(washingtonpost.com) 05/04/2004 09:25 AM
washingtonpost.com - Nextel Communications Inc. yesterday agreed to pay $512 million to shift certain television transmissions to another portion of the public airwaves as part of its broader plan to reallocate spectrum so that cellular calls do not interfere with public safety communications.

Broadcasters feel left out of
contentious Internet summit

Broadcasters feel left out of
contentious Internet summit 12/08/2003 06:05 PM
SiliconValley.com Dec 8 2003 4:43PM ET

Broadcasters Weigh Digital TV, Indecency
Crackdown (Reuters)

Broadcasters Weigh Digital TV, Indecency
Crackdown (Reuters) 04/19/2004 08:27 AM
Reuters - Las Vegas is an apt setting for the annual National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention as the industry wrestles with the policy equivalent of a tag-team match featuring a pair of 800-pound gorillas named indecency and digital transition.

Broadcasters Hesitant to Adopt High-Tech
Advances

Broadcasters Hesitant to Adopt High-Tech
Advances 04/19/2004 02:43 AM
Los Angeles Times Apr 19 2004 7:09AM GMT

WIPO Broadcast Treaty Creates New Legal
Rights for Broadcasters

WIPO Broadcast Treaty Creates New Legal
Rights for Broadcasters 06/08/2004 05:00 PM

Broadcasters, cable companies fighting
over rules of new digital TV world

Broadcasters, cable companies fighting
over rules of new digital TV world 01/27/2004 05:19 PM
San Jose Mercury News Jan 27 2004 10:06PM GMT

The Enron Tapes

The Enron Tapes 06/03/2004 01:33 PM

In the annals of corporate corruption, the words of the Enron Energy traders who chortled (CBS) over the screwing their company was giving California and other western states in the 2000 energy crisis are amazing mostly for their brazen quality. Still, if California's political leaders -- from both parties -- hadn't made such a mess of deregulation, the crooks from Enron and other companies never would have had the opportunity in the first place. That doesn't excuse them, any more than a burglar is excused for entering a residence where the owner forgets to lock all the doors. Someday we'll know who Cheney's energy buddies were -- the ones he's trying so hard to shield from the public. The only surprise will be if Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling aren't among them.

Noise Pop mix tapes

Noise Pop mix tapes 05/10/2004 10:17 AM
Noise Pop, San Francisco's gem of an indy music festival, and KQED are streaming various underground musicians' playlists-du-jour. The latest selections come from Greg Ashley, a Bay Area psych-folk artist whose exquisite taste ranges from Leonard Cohen to Os Mutantes. Link (Thanks, Birdman!)

Joe Bussard's basement tapes

Joe Bussard's basement tapes 05/11/2004 11:59 AM
Joe Bussard has 20,000 vintage 78 rpm records from the 1920s and 1930s in his basement. For $15, Joe will put together a custom cassette compilation for you of 20 tunes from his collection, perhaps the largest of its kind in the world. I wish Joe and his friends would rip all of his 78s so he could sell MP3 CDs of these ultra-rare recordings. Here's a great NPR All Things Considered piece on Joe Bussard from last year.

"'The truest form you'll ever hear in American music is on these records,' Joe says. 'It was put there, and it's remained there for seventy years. It hasn't changed.'"

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Deciphering Ticker Tapes

Deciphering Ticker Tapes 04/23/2004 02:52 PM
Does "PEP10.000s35.38" look like gibberish to you?

Et Cetera: the lost tapes

Et Cetera: the lost tapes 03/08/2004 11:08 PM
Round up featuring more (yes!) social networking, virtual churches, some XBox 2 news, and more.

Cassette Tapes On The Wane

Cassette Tapes On The Wane 06/17/2005 03:48 PM

Just hearsay, or the new Watergate
tapes?

Just hearsay, or the new Watergate
tapes? 06/17/2005 03:33 PM
At a crowded basement forum on the Downing Street memo, Democrats demanded an inquiry into what Bush knew about Iraq war planning and when he knew it, but stopped short of calling for impeachment.

Leon Kagarise's basement tapes

Leon Kagarise's basement tapes 05/12/2004 11:27 AM
JT says:

"Your Joe Bussard entry reminded me of another, similar story that was pretty big news in DC last summer: Leon Kagarise of Baltimore, who recorded around 4,000 hours of artists like Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Ernest Tubb, etc. during the late 50s through early 70s on a reel-to-reel tape deck at the outdoor music festivals prevalent in the vast rural area that previously surrounded Washington."

NPR's Morning Edition did a piece on Kagarise last summer. He's working with Joe Lee, a friend and local record store owner, to sell the recordings. Not surprisingly, the Library of Congress, the Country Music Hall of Fame, and others are apparently interested.

"You know, these [performers] were people from the mountains and from the rural South," Lee told NPR. "And once they were put in a studio, and they had a producer looking down at their snoot at the guy. And an engineer telling them, 'Well, if you make one mistake, we have to stop and start all over again.' It lost the atmosphere. It's like trying to play guitar in a straightjacket on... It's sort of like being in the zone. When you're really at ease, when there's no intimidation factor, then it really soars. And the proof is in these tapes here."

I hope someone releases a "best of" box set! Link

Backup Tapes: Alive And Kicking

Backup Tapes: Alive And Kicking 07/08/2004 02:20 PM

Miramax Chief: Gimme the Tapes

Miramax Chief: Gimme the Tapes 11/01/2003 06:22 AM
Miramax Films urges major Hollywood studios to relax a controversial new rule that restricts the practice of sending out tapes and DVDs of Oscar-nominated films to Academy Award voters.

Not long left for cassette tapes

Not long left for cassette tapes 06/17/2005 05:05 PM
Forty years after global cassette production began in earnest, sales are in terminal decline, says the industry.

Docs Say Schiavo Tapes Don't Tell Story
(AP)

Docs Say Schiavo Tapes Don't Tell Story
(AP) 03/26/2005 10:04 PM
AP - They say film doesn't lie, but does that mean it tells the truth? The public sees fleeting videotaped images of Terri Schiavo, appearing to many to turn toward her mother's voice and smile. They hear what sound like moans and laughter. They watch her head move up and down, seemingly following the progress of a brightly colored Mickey Mouse balloon. And often they ask: How could anyone conclude but that she is aware of her surroundings?

2,000 Talmud tapes, or one Jewish iPod

2,000 Talmud tapes, or one Jewish iPod 03/31/2005 02:28 PM
globetechnology.com Mar 31 2005 6:41PM GMT

Doctors: Schiavo Tapes Don't Tell Story
(AP)

Doctors: Schiavo Tapes Don't Tell Story
(AP) 03/26/2005 04:44 PM
AP - They say film doesn't lie, but does that mean it tells the truth? The public sees fleeting videotaped images of Terri Schiavo, appearing to many to turn toward her mother's voice and smile. They hear what sound like moans and laughter. They watch her head move up and down, seemingly following the progress of a brightly colored Mickey Mouse balloon. And often they ask: How could anyone conclude but that she is aware of her surroundings?

Storage fashion favouring tapes

Storage fashion favouring tapes 06/14/2004 03:38 AM
ZDNet UK Jun 14 2004 7:40AM GMT

2,000 Talmud Tapes, Or One Loaded iPod

2,000 Talmud Tapes, Or One Loaded iPod 03/17/2005 03:08 AM

The ShasPod is a solution to a vexing question: how does a commuter study a 2,711-page book? By Alex Mindlin, New York Times

Iraq news feed draws criticism; Local
broadcasters slam Pentagon plan 12/20

Iraq news feed draws criticism; Local
broadcasters slam Pentagon plan 12/20 12/20/2003 06:22 AM
What? You Don't Like Propaganda? .. here we go .. Boston Globe

boston.com/news/nation/articles/2003/12/19/iraq_news_feed_draw s_criticism
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A Motherboard That Doesn't Require An OS

A Motherboard That Doesn't Require An OS 03/08/2004 11:06 PM

ISO to Require Royalties?

ISO to Require Royalties? 10/28/2003 11:06 PM
The ISO, a worldwide standards body, is proposing to charge fees for commercial usage in software of their standardized country, language and currency codes. This would have a wide-ranging negative effect on the infrastructure of the web and related standards. Kendall Grant Clark explains the situation and argues against the ISO's proposal.

Letterman Tapes Christmas Eve Show in
Iraq (AP)

Letterman Tapes Christmas Eve Show in
Iraq (AP) 12/25/2004 04:58 PM
AP - David Letterman brought his late-night show to Marines serving in Iraq on Friday, loosening up the Camp Taqaddum crowd with the line, "Anybody here from out of town?"
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