Media Bureau 1998 Headlines Archive
12/18/98, 12/23/98
Commission Releases Fifth Annual Report on Competition in Video Markets, (CS
Docket 98-102, FCC 98-335). [Text | Zip - WordPerfect & Excel
| Acrobat | News Release
& Statements]
11/20/98
Commission Adopts Rules on Use of Satellite Dishes and Other Over-the-air Reception
Devices for Renters and Others with "Exclusive Use" Areas (CS Docket No.
96-83, FCC 98-273). [ Text | WordPerfect | Acrobat | News Release and
Statements ]
11/18/98
Commission Adopts Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Concerning Satellite Delivery of
Network Signals to Unserved Households for Purposes of the Satellite Home Viewer Act
(CS Docket 98-201, FCC 98-302). [ Text | WordPerfect | Acrobat | News Release
]
9/25/98
Implementation of Section 207 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996: Restrictions on
Over-the-Air Reception Devices (CS Docket No. 96-83, FCC 98-214). [ WordPerfect | Text ]
9/3/98
Internet Over Cable: Defining the Future In Terms of the Past, FCC Staff Working
Paper on Regulatory Categories and the Internet (OPP Working Paper No. 30). [ WordPerfect | Acrobat | News Release ]
7/10/98
Commission Adopts Notice Seeking Comment on Digital Broadcast Signal Carriage
Issues (CS Docket No. 98-120, FCC 98-153). [ WordPerfect | Acrobat | News Release]
6/11/98, 6/25/98
Commission Adopts "Navigation Devices" Rules Creating Consumer Market
for Set Top Boxes and Other Equipment Used with Video Programming Systems (CS
Docket 97-80, FCC 98-116). [ WordPerfect | Acrobat | News Release
| Kennard Statement
| Ness Statement | Powell Statement ]
4/22/98
"The FCC's Approach to Rights-of-Way Issues Arising Under the
Telecommunications Act of 1996", Presented on April 17, 1998 to the National
Conference of State Legislatures Commerce and Communications Committee 1998 AFI Spring
Meeting, by Barbara S. Esbin, Associate Bureau Chief, FCC Cable Services Bureau.
[ WordPerfect | Acrobat ]
3/17/98
Commission Finds Industry Video Programming Rating System Acceptable (FCC 98-35); Adopts Technical
Requirements to Enable Blocking of Video Programming - the "V-Chip"
(FCC 98-36). [ News Release ]. Note: The Technical Requirements were developed by the Office of Engineering and Technology (OET). Contact OET for questions regarding the Technical Requirements. Only TV Ratings questions should be directed to the Media Bureau.
2/6/98
Report and Order In the Matter of Amendment of Rules and Policies Governing Pole
Attachments (CS Docket No. 97-151, FCC 98-20) [ Text Version | WordPerfect Version | News Release ]
1/13/98
Annual Assessment of
the Status of Competition in Markets for the Delivery of Video Programming (Fourth Annual
Report) (FCC 97-423)
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