Former Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin's Gone, but decisions made on his watch at the agency are ending up in court.
The most recent was the unanimous decision to allow unlicensed devices like laptops and smart radios to share the spectrum also used by digital TV stations in the so-called white spaces.
The Association for Maximum Service Television and the National Association of Broadcasters jointly filed a petition with the federal court of appeals for the D.C. Circuit, their preferred venue, to hold unlawful, vacate nd set aside" its decision allowing the devices, which broadcasters argue interferes with DTV transmissions, a fact they say FCC engineers themselves concluded.
Full story: Broadcasters Sue FCC Over White Spaces Decision - 2009-03-02 21:42:31 - Multichannel News
The most recent was the unanimous decision to allow unlicensed devices like laptops and smart radios to share the spectrum also used by digital TV stations in the so-called white spaces.
The Association for Maximum Service Television and the National Association of Broadcasters jointly filed a petition with the federal court of appeals for the D.C. Circuit, their preferred venue, to hold unlawful, vacate nd set aside" its decision allowing the devices, which broadcasters argue interferes with DTV transmissions, a fact they say FCC engineers themselves concluded.
Full story: Broadcasters Sue FCC Over White Spaces Decision - 2009-03-02 21:42:31 - Multichannel News
