DOCSLIB.ORG

Federal Communications Commission Record FCC 89-365

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Federal Communications Commission Record FCC 89-365 5 FCC Red No.2 Federal Communications Commission Record FCC 89-365 mission also asked for comments on the standard to apply Before the in determining whether unlawful discrimination exists. In Federal Communications Commission addition, because the legislation makes unlawful discrimi­ Washington, D.C. 20554 nation by satellite carriers a violation of the Copyright Act, the Commission specifically asked for comments from the United States Copyright Office on any reported complaints of discrimination as prohibited by the new Gen. Docket No. 89-88 legislation. 5. In response to the Notice, nine entities filed com­ In the Matter of ments.13 In general, these comments provided information on the distribution of satellite delivered superstation and Inquiry into the Existence network station transmissions. In addition, commenters of Discrimination in the raised issues regarding the nature of the analysis that the Commission should make in its report to Congress. Most Provision of Superstation and satellite carriers argued that the Commission should only Network Station Programming compare contractual arrangements between satellite car­ riers and the various distributors to satellite earth stations. Other parties asserted that we should broaden our inquiry REPORT to include comparison of practices by satellite carriers with distributors to practices by satellite carriers with Adopted: December 28, 1989; Released: December 29, 1989 cable system operators who distribute programming to cable subscribers. The commenters also discussed their By the Commission: views on discrimination based on their interpretation of the scope of this proceeding. Congress instructed us to issue a report on unlawful discrimination by satellite car­ I. INTRODUCTION riers "against" distributors of programming to subscribers 1. In the Fall of 1988 Congress amended the Copyright for home viewing. 47 U.S.C. § 713; 17 U.S.C. § 119 Act,1 and directed the Federal Communications Commis­ (a)(6), (d). While the statutory language does not define sion to conduct three related studies with respect to sat­ the category of entities that might be receiving more ellite delivered superstation2 and network station 3 favorable treatment than these home satellite distributors, programming. These studies include: (I) a combined In­ i.e., the other side of the comparison to be made, the quiry and Rule Making to determine the feasibility of legislative history indicates that cable operators were at imposing syndicated exclusivity on the delivery of this least one such category. The House Judiciary Committee programming,4 (2) an investigation of the need for a stated: universal scrambling standard for satellite programmin~ and (3) this report on whether and the extent to which It should be stressed that subsection 6, by its express 6 there exists unlawful discrimination by satellite carriers terms, only applies to discrimination by satellite against distributors7 in the provision of superstation and carriers against distributors of programming to earth network station programming for private home viewing8 station owners for private home viewing. It does not 9 by earth station ("dish") owners. extend to the distribution of signals to cable televi­ 2. As the initial step in preparing this report on dis­ sion headends. To the extent that it is of probative crimination, the Commission released a Notice of Inquiry value, a reviewing court could. however. weigh (Notice) 10 soliciting comments and requesting informa­ prices charged for the delivery of signals to cable tion on the issues involved. The focus of the Notice was headends and compare them to prices charged for on arrangements between satellite carriers and distribu­ direct distribution to dish owners in determining tors. Although the Commission required contracts among whether there is discrimination under the Commu­ those entities to be filed, it did not require contracts nications Act of 1934 and the rules of the FCC. 14 between satellite carriers and others, such as cable televi­ sion systems. Based on the record compiled in response to This type of comparison also comports with our general the Notice, we have prepared this report and will forward public interest concern over the nature of competition in it to Congress. the satellite cable programming distribution market and 3. As directed by Congress, the Commission is consider­ the possible negative impact on consumers of any ing here whether satellite carriers are discriminating un­ anticompetitive behavior. Our inquiry has produced dis­ lawfully against distributors in providing superstation and turbing evidence indicating the existence of discrimina­ network station programming for private home viewing tion by satellite carriers against distributors to earth by earth station owners. These terms are defined by the stations in favor of cable operators who distribute to cable SHVA. The report does not extend to the distribution of subscribers. Because we have determined that this in­ other, non-broadcast station, programming. 11 Moreover, formation presents the possibility of a significant problem, this report does not examine any possible discrimination we are initiating a subsequent proceeding to determine against end user earth station owners because they are not whether this discrimination is justified, and if not, what distributors.12 remedial action is necessary. 4. In order to ascertain to what extent unlawful dis­ 6. We reach the following conclusions in this report: crimination against distributors may exist, in the Notice the Commission requested comments on the structure and operation of the distribution market for superstation and network station satellite-to-home programming. The Com- 523 FCC 89-365 Federal Communications Commission Record 5 FCC Red No.2 (a) Satellite delivered superstation and network sta­ was developing competitively and that there was no rea- tion programming is accessible to home earth sta­ son, at that t1me,. for government mterventlon.. 22 Th e tion users both directly from satellite carriers and record compiled indicated that programming, including through a variety of entities servicing them as distri­ superstation programming, was accessible by home dish butors; owners and that prices for this programming were com­ (b) Based on the evidence in this record, there parable to, or lower than, prices charged to cable sub­ appears to be no general pattern of unlawful dis­ scribers.23 With respect to distributors, the scrambling crimination by satellite carriers among the various report indicated that there was evidence in the record to entities operating as distributors of superstation and suggest that the industry has an adequate number of dis­ network station programming to home earth sta­ tributors.24 After examining the supply and demand fac­ tions; tors influencing retail programming prices, the report concluded that some factors indicated that prices should (c) Evidence has been submitted indicating that sat­ be higher for home satellite earth station users wh~le ellite carriers are charging higher rates for others indicated they should be higher for cable subscnb­ programming provided to home dish distributors ers.25 than rates charged for cable distribution. The record 10. With respect to the market for superstation signals, contains little or no information as to the reasons the Second Scrambling Report noted that entry into this for these differences. making it impossible for us to segment of satellite-to-home programming distribution determine whether the higher rates are just and was relatively easy, that superstation programming was reasonable. Because this evidence raises serious con­ popular among subscribers, and that circulation figures cerns about the competitive nature of this market, indicated that services offering individual superstations and the impact on consumers, we intend to initiate could survive with relatively low subscriber counts and a further notice of inquiry in order to develop a without massive cable carriage.26 The Report found that more complete record on this issue. cable companies would therefore be limited in exercising any market power they mi~ht possess with respect to distribution of superstations. 7 Based on this and other II. BACKGROUND information the Commission concluded that the record did not contain evidence that the cable industry used its A. Development of the Satellite Delivered Television Pro· market power against the satellite-to-home earth station gramming Industry market and we therefore recommended against price reg­ 7. The Notice traced the development of the satellite ulation. 28 delivered television programming industry. which is sum­ marized only briefly here. In the early 1970's, all earth B. The SHVA stations were required to be licensed by the Commission 11. After the study on scrambling was completed, Con­ and were not extensively used for reception of television 15 gress adopted the Satellite Home Viewer Act (SHV A). The programming. As demand for video programming in­ SHVA, which prompted our current study. amended the creased. we authorized cable systems to construct earth Copyright Act to extend a compulsory copyright ~icense stations to receive television programming via satellite and to satellite carriers retransmitting the broadcastmg of authorized the retransmission of su perstation signals for 16 superstations and network stations to the public for pri­ receipt by cable systems. We also set new standards for vate home viewing and who charge a fee to either the
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Handbook of Sports and Media
    Job #: 106671 Author Name: Raney Title of Book: Handbook of Sports & Media ISBN #: 9780805851892 HANDBOOK OF SPORTS AND MEDIA LEA’S COMMUNICATION SERIES Jennings Bryant/Dolf Zillmann, General Editors Selected titles in Communication Theory and Methodology subseries (Jennings Bryant, series advisor) include: Berger • Planning Strategic Interaction: Attaining Goals Through Communicative Action Dennis/Wartella • American Communication Research: The Remembered History Greene • Message Production: Advances in Communication Theory Hayes • Statistical Methods for Communication Science Heath/Bryant • Human Communication Theory and Research: Concepts, Contexts, and Challenges, Second Edition Riffe/Lacy/Fico • Analyzing Media Messages: Using Quantitative Content Analysis in Research, Second Edition Salwen/Stacks • An Integrated Approach to Communication Theory and Research HANDBOOK OF SPORTS AND MEDIA Edited by Arthur A.Raney College of Communication Florida State University Jennings Bryant College of Communication & Information Sciences The University of Alabama LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOCIATES, PUBLISHERS Senior Acquisitions Editor: Linda Bathgate Assistant Editor: Karin Wittig Bates Cover Design: Tomai Maridou Photo Credit: Mike Conway © 2006 This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2009. To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk. Copyright © 2006 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microform, retrieval system, or any other means, without prior written permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Handbook of sports and media/edited by Arthur A.Raney, Jennings Bryant. p. cm.–(LEA’s communication series) Includes bibliographical references and index.
    [Show full text]
  • Superstation WTBS: an Examination of Local News Coverage of America’S First Superstation in the Atlanta Journal- Constitution; 1970-1989
    American Communication Journal Fall 2019 Volume 21, Issue 2 http://www.ac-journal.org/ Ted Turner’s SuperStation WTBS: An Examination of Local News Coverage of America’s First SuperStation in the Atlanta Journal- Constitution; 1970-1989 CHAD WHITTLE University of Alabama, Birmingham ABSTRACT: R.E. Ted Turner in the late 1970s and 1980s successfully built WTBS Channel 17, a small Atlanta, Georgia UHF station, into the first “SuperStation.” This study examined 53 articles from The Atlanta Journal- Constitution’s coverage from 1970-1989 to determine how the local newspaper reported on Turner and his “SuperStation.” The review of articles showed that three themes emerged in the newspaper’s coverage of him, including Turner as a hands-on CEO, a social/political activist, and a media innovator. This research helps to further the body of knowledge on an important moment in the history of the cable TV industry. Keywords: TV Industry; Ted Turner; WTBS; Media History Introduction company, the reporting on his corporation in the AJC offers an alternative and local perspective on the During the 1970s and 1980s, the cable television business of Turner’s WTBS. These articles help to industry was in its early days of growth. One of the provide historical information during the early days of pioneers of cable that helped to pave the way for so this important moment in cable broadcasting that other many others to have success in the industry was R.E. papers may not contain since other sources did not “Ted” Turner. He started his cable television company cover Turner on a weekly basis.
    [Show full text]
  • Federal Communications Commission Record DA 94-1554
    10 FCC Red No. 5 Federal Communications Commission Record DA 94-1554 basic service, and by the Commission, in the case of cable Before the programming services.2 A stated policy of the 1992 Cable Federal Communications Commission Act is to ensure that "consumer interests are protected in Washington, D.C. 20554 the receipt of cable service." 3 3. The 1992 Cable Act requires cable operators to offer subscribers a basic tier that must contain at least all quali In the Matter of fied local broadcast signals and, unless otherwise specified by the local franchising authority, public, educational, and Vision Cable LOI 93-32 governmental channels.4 The Commission was charged by Television Co., Inc., the 1992 Cable Act with creating regulations that ensure that the rates for the basic service tier are reasonable.5 The Fort Lee, New Jersey 1992 Cable Act directs that "[sjuch regulations shall be designed to achieve the goal of protecting subscribers of Letter of Inquiry any cable system that is not subject to effective competition from rates for the basic service tier that exceed the rates that would be charged for the basic service tier if such MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER cable system were subject to effective competition."6 Under the 1992 Cable Act, operators may offer other channels in a cable programming service tier or tiers.7 The 1992 Cable Adopted: December 19, 1994; Released: December 22, 1994 Act orders the Commission to create regulations for the cable programming service tiers that allow it to identify By the Chief. Cable Services Bureau: individual cases of unreasonable rates.8 The 1992 Cable Act thus protects consumers© interests in continuing to receive the basic service tier and cable programming service tiers I.
    [Show full text]
  • Rtec Cable Tv
    RTEC CABLE TV $33.95 Basic Package $102.95 Expanded Basic Package Channels 2-23 Channels 2-130 Plus 132-1-135-15 Plus 132-1 - 135-15 4 Inspirational Network 24 FOX News 71 Comedy Central 5 QVC - Quality Value Convenience 25 CNN 72 Food TV 6 WLMB PAX 40 Toledo 26 ESPNU 73 HGTV 7 WGTE PBS 30 Toledo 27 ESPN 74 DIY - Do It Yourself 8 WBGU PBS 27 Bowling Green 28 ESPN2 75 Lifetime 9 NewsNation 29 ESPN Classic 76 Lifetime Movie Network 10 WNWO NBC 24 Toledo 30 ESPN News 77 Hallmark Channel 11 WTOL CBS 11 Toledo 31 Nickelodeon 78 GSN - Game Show Network 12 WUPW FOX 36 Toledo 32 Cartoon Network 79 A & E 13 WTVG ABC 13 Toledo 33 Disney XD 80 RFD TV 14 RTEC Local Channel 34 Disney Channel 81 Paramount Network 15 C-Span 35 TV Land 82 FYI 16 C-Span 2 36 Discovery 83 E! 17 TBN - Trinity Broadcast Network 37 TLC 84 Travel Channel 18 HSN - Home Shopping Netowrk 38 History 85 NBC Sports Network 19 WNHO TV 26 39 Freeform 86 The Outdoor Channel 20 CW Network 40 Animal Planet 87 TBS Superstation 23 Channel guide 53 The Weather Channel 88 TNT LOCAL HIGH DEFINITION 54 Tru TV 89 TCM - Turner Classic Movies OR DIGITAL CHANNELS 55 OWN - Oprah Winfrey Network 90 AMC 132-1 WLMB PAX HD 56 FX Network 91 FX Movies 132-11 WTVG ABC CW 57 USA 93 FXX 133-3 WTOL CBS HD 58 National Geographic 119 UniMás – COMING SOON! 133-4 WTOL True Crime 59 Disney Jr 120 Univision 133-5 WTOL Grit 60 Big Ten Network 121 Galavision 133-11 WTVG ABC HD 61 Alternate BTN 122 CNBC 133-12 WTVG Circle TV 62 Golf Channel 123 MSNBC 133-13 WTVG Weather 63 Bally Sports Ohio 124 Syfy 133-14 WTVG Me
    [Show full text]
  • Sports on the Superstations: the Legal and Economic Effects Thomas Joseph Cryan
    University of Miami Law School Institutional Repository University of Miami Entertainment & Sports Law Review 4-1-1986 Sports on the Superstations: The Legal and Economic Effects Thomas Joseph Cryan James S. Crane Follow this and additional works at: http://repository.law.miami.edu/umeslr Part of the Entertainment and Sports Law Commons Recommended Citation Thomas Joseph Cryan and James S. Crane, Sports on the Superstations: The Legal and Economic Effects, 3 U. Miami Ent. & Sports L. Rev. Iss. 1 (1986) Available at: http://repository.law.miami.edu/umeslr/vol3/iss1/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Institutional Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Miami Entertainment & Sports Law Review by an authorized administrator of Institutional Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Cryan and Crane: Sports on the Superstations: The Legal and Economic Effects SPORTS ON THE SUPERSTATIONS: THE LEGAL AND ECONOMIC EFFECTS THOMAS JOSEPH CRYAN* and JAMES S. CRANE** As the sports industries continue to grow during the next cen- tury, television will be the force which will drive this growth. The television industry has been a dynamic, evolving, and flexible insti- tution during its short, fifty year history. Constantly thirsting for the new technology which will broaden its market, the television industry is constantly creating new levels of marketing in an at- tempt to generate additional revenue. Some of the developments within the industry which have ushered in this new era are cable television, pay television, and video cassettes. In the process of providing the consumer with desirable en- tertainment, the television industry has found that the American public has a seemingly insatiable desire for sports programming.
    [Show full text]
  • 2013 NSLNC FIRST ROUND: Line Change Since Television and Sports
    2013 NSLNC FIRST ROUND: Line Change GENERAL FACTS FOR BOTH TEAMS Since television and sports collided in the 1950’s, the value of professional sports franchises, advertising revenue, and player salaries have continued to skyrocket. In the last 20 years, many teams, leagues, and collegiate conferences have decided to start their own networks to capitalize off the money generated from advertising dollars. Other sports entities have instead sold the rights to the broadcast of games to the highest bidder. Chicago is the third largest television region in the United States and has numerous networks that cover sports. WGN, Fox, NBC, CBS, ABC, and Comcast SportsNet Chicago, are among the local station affiliates televising the Blackhawks, Cubs, White Sox, Bears, and Bulls. The Parties WGN WGN television is owned by the Tribune Company, which owns Chicago’s largest newspaper, the Times-Tribune, and received the WGN call letters from the Tribune’s slogan, “World’s Greatest Newspaper.” The local WGN network began over-the-air broadcasting in 1948, and moved to cable television in 1978, rebranding itself as “the Superstation.” WGN is available through most cable and satellite providers, including DirecTV and Dish Network, but remains unavailable on Comcast, RCN, WOW!, and AT&T U-verse in the Chicagoland area. Following the 2013-2014 NHL season, the Blackhawks television contract with both WGN and Comcast SportsNet are set to expire. Blackhawks officials are currently negotiating the broadcasting rights with interested parties. Under the expiring WGN deal signed in 2008, WGN had the right to televise 50 regular season games during the course of the deal that are not being televised nationally on either NBC or the NBC Sports Network.
    [Show full text]
  • J-98-0. INSTITUTION Congeess of the U.S., Washington,'D.C
    DOCUMENT RESUME . ED 255 237 IR 051 084 TITLE The Free Market Copyright Royalty Act of 1983. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Patents, .Copyrights.and Trademarks of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-Eighth Congress, Second Session on S. 1270: A Bill to Amend Title 17, United States Code, Regarding the Copyright Royalty4Tribunal. March 13, 1984. Serial, No. J-98-0. INSTITUTION Congeess of the U.S., Washington,'D.C. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. REPORT NO S-HRG-98-1161 PUB DATE 85 -- NOTE 37p. PUB TY} Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials (090)-- . Viewpoints (120) EDRS PRICE MF01/PCO2 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Broadcast Industry; *Cable Television; *Copyrights; *Federal Regulation; Government Publications; Government Role; Hearings; *Technological Advancement IDENTIFIERS Congress 98th; *Copyright Royalty Tribunal ABSTRACT This document comprises a copy of a bill (S. 1270) and transcripts of hearings held in the U.S. Seagate to amend-Title 17, United States Code, regarding the Copyright Royalty Tribunal (CRT). An opening statement by Senator Dennis DeConcini of Arizona, the text of comments and materials submitted by R.E. Turner of the Turner Broadcasting System, Stephen R. Effros of the Community Antenna Television Association,and Shane O'Neil of RKO General, Inc., are included. In his opening statement, DeConcini states the purpose of the subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks as exploring with the members now best to protect intelIi-Ctual proporty in this era of expanding technology. Noting that cable television will be one of the technologies with the greatest impact, he briefly describes the situation as follows: The Free Market Copyright Royalty Act of 1983 was introduced to bring equity in the relationship between copyright holders and one group of.users of copyright materials, i.e., national cable broadcast networks.
    [Show full text]
  • Federal Communications Commission FCC 00-4 Before the Federal
    Federal Communications Commission FCC 00-4 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of: ) ) ) Implementation of the Satellite Home Viewer ) CS Docket No. 00-2 Improvement Act of 1999: ) ) Application of Network Nonduplication, ) Syndicated Exclusivity, and Sports Blackout ) Rules To Satellite Retransmissions ) NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING Adopted: January 5, 2000 Released: January 7, 2000 Comment Date: February 7, 2000 Reply Comment Date: February 28, 2000 By the Commission: I. INTRODUCTION 1. In this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Notice”), we seek comment on our implementation of certain aspects of the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999 (“SHVIA”), which was enacted on November 29, 1999.1 This act authorizes satellite carriers to add more local and national broadcast programming to their offerings, and to make that programming available to some subscribers who previously have been prohibited from receiving broadcast programming via satellite. The legislation generally seeks to place satellite carriers on an equal footing with cable operators with respect to the availability of broadcast programming. By this Notice we seek comment on the adoption of implementing regulations that apply network nonduplication, syndicated program exclusivity, and sports blackout requirements to satellite carriers. 2. Section 1008 of the SHVIA creates a new Section 339 of the Communications Act of 1934 (“Communications Act”) entitled “Carriage of Distant Television Stations by 1The SHVIA was enacted as Title I of the Intellectual Property and Communications Omnibus Reform Act of 1999 (“IPACORA”) (relating to copyright licensing and carriage of broadcast signals by satellite carriers, codified in scattered sections of 17 and 47 U.S.C.), Pub.
    [Show full text]
  • PDF Format Or in HTML at the Following Internet Site
    Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2009-50 Ottawa, 4 February 2009 Revised lists of eligible satellite services – Annual compilation of amendments 1. In Broadcasting Public Notice 2006-55, the Commission announced that it would periodically issue public notices setting out revised lists that include references to all amendments that have been made since the previous public notice setting out the lists was issued. 2. Accordingly, in Appendix 1 the Commission sets out all amendments made to the revised lists since the issuance of Broadcasting Public Notice 2008-8. In addition, the lists of eligible satellite services approved as of 31 December 2008 are set out in Appendix 2. 3. In Broadcasting Public Notice 2007-132, the Commission amended the lists to reflect the change in the call sign of the television station WTBS Atlanta to WPCH-TV Atlanta. At the same time, the Commission mistakenly deleted the asterisk designating it as a U.S. superstation from the List of DTH Eligible Satellite Services. Accordingly, in this compilation, the Commission has corrected the error and reinstated the asterisk. Secretary General Related documents • Revised lists of eligible satellite services – Annual compilation of amendments – Regulatory policy, Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2008-8, 18 January 2008 • Renaming of WTBS Atlanta as WPCH-TV Atlanta on the lists of eligible satellite services, Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2007-132, 19 November 2007 • A new approach to revisions to the Commission’s lists of eligible satellite services, Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2006-55, 28 April 2006 This document is available in alternative format upon request and may also be examined in PDF format or in HTML at the following Internet site: http://www.crtc.gc.ca.
    [Show full text]
  • An Economic Analysis of the Prime Time Access Rule
    BEFORE THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In re: Review of the Prime Time Access Rule, Section 73.658 (k) of the Commission’s } MM Docket No. 94-123 Rules AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE PRIME TIME ACCESS RULE March 7, 1995 ECONOMISTS INCORPORATED WASHINGTON, D.C. CONTENTS I. Introduction……………………………...……………………………………………1 II. Is ABC, CBS or NBC Dominant Today? A. No single network dominates any market...........................................................5 B. Factors facilitating the growth of competing video distributors ................................................................................................7 1. Cable penetration ....................................................................................7 2. Number and strength of independent stations.........................................9 3. Other video outlets................................................................................12 C. Competing video distributors............................................................................13 1. New broadcast networks .......................................................................13 2. New cable networks..............................................................................16 3. First-run syndication .............................................................................17 D. Impact on networks of increased competition ..................................................18 1. Audience shares ....................................................................................18
    [Show full text]
  • Television Associations
    DOCUMENT RESUME ED 318 389 IR 014 061 TITLE Satellite Home Viewer Copyright Act. Hearings on H.R. 2848 before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress (November 19, 1987 and January 27, 1988). INSTITUTION Congress of the U.S., Washington, D.C. 'louse Committee on the Judiciary. PUB DATE 89 NOTE 751p.; Serial No. 89. Portions contain marginally legible type. AVAILABLE FROM Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. PUB TYPE Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials (090) EDRS PRICE MF04/PC31 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Cable Television; *Communications Satellites; *Copyrights; Federal Legislation; Hearings; *Intellectual Property; *Legal Responsibility; *Policy Formation; Telecommunications IDENTIFIERS Congress 101st ABSTRACT These hearings on the Satellite Home Viewer Copyright Act (H.R. 2849) include:(J.) the text of the bill;(2) prepared statements by expert witnesses (including executives of satellite companies, the Motion Picture Association of Amerira, and cable television associations); (3) transcripts of witneJs testimonies; and (4) additional statements (consisting mostly of letters from telecommunications executives to Congressman Robert W. Kastenmeier) . Appended are legislative materials (Parts 1 and 2 of House of Representatives Report Number 100-887, on the Satellite Home Viewer Copyright Act), additional materials provided by witnesses, and miscellaneous correepondence. ***********A*******************Ak*******************%****************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from fJle original document. ****ft***m*R*******g************************************************w*** SATELLITE HOME VIEWER COPYRIGHT ACT HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS, CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDREDTH CONGRESS FIRST AND SECOND SESSIONS ON H.R.
    [Show full text]
  • Channel Lineup2
    Channel Line-up Music Channels 2. HOME SHOPPING NETWORK 5. KIDZ ONLY 3. QVC 6. THROWBACK JAMZ 4. WNBC (NBC NEW YORK) 7. ROCK HITS 4.1 WNBC HD 8. GOSPEL 5. WICZ (FOX BINGHAMTON) 9. INDIE 5.2 WICZ HD 10. HITS LISTS 6. WRGB (CBS ALBANY) 11. PARTY FAVORITES 6.1 WRGB HD 12. TODAY’S COUNTRY 7. WABC (ABC NEW YORK) 13. HIP-HIP CLASSICS 7.1 WABC HD 14. RAP 8. THE WEATHER CHANNEL 15. HIP-HOP & R&B 8.1 THE WEATHER CHANNEL HD 40 LIFETIME 16. CLASSIC ROCK 9. WBPN (MY 8) 40.1 LIFETIME HD 17. R & B CLASSICS 9.1 WBPN HD 41.1 FX 18. R & B SOUL 10. COMMUNITY BULLETIN 42.1 TLC 19. ALTERNATIVE BOARD 43.1 ANIMAL PLANET 20. METAL 10.1.COMMUNITY BULLETIN 44.1 HGTV 21. ROCK BOARD HD 45.1 FOOD NETWORK 22. REGGAE 11. WPIX (NEW YORK) 47.1 SCI-FI CHANNEL 23. SOFT ROCK 11.1 WPIX HD 49.1 CSPAN 24. POP HITS 12. WBNG (CBS BINGHAMTON) 50.1 E! 25. Y2K 13. WNET (PBS NEW YORK) 52.1 WGN SUPERSTATION 26. ‘90S 13.1 WNET HD 53.1 TBS SUPERSTATION 27. ‘80S 14. WICZ (FOX BINGHAMTON) 54.1 LIFE 28. MUSIC CHOICE MAX 14.1 WICZ HD 55.1 OUTDOOR CHANNEL 29. DANCE/EDM 15. WIVT (ABC BINGHAMTON) 56.1 BRAVO 30. CONTEMPORY CHRISTIAN 15.1 WIVT HD 57.1 TRUTV 31. POP LATINO 16. WSKG (PBS BINGHAMTON) 59.1 TRAVEL CHANNEL 32. CLASSIC COUNTRY 17. WBXI (CW NETWORK) 60.1 CARTOON NETWORK 33.
    [Show full text]