BROADCASTMATE CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY NEWS

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NEW WIRELESS ADT® HOME SECURITY SYSTEMS BECOMING MORE COMMON...ADT Home Security System Dealer Reports indicate a booming business even during this economic recession. People apparently feel more secure with an alarm system in the most cost effective way. The ADT system works simply with a new or existing system, with the incorporation of a battery backed up cell based telephone transceiver. This protects the operation of the system if phone lines or power is down. Actually telephone lines are not necessary at all which opens up a new range of customer locations. They have 5 interconnected monitoring centers throughout the country for fast response to criminal, fire, or medical alerts. BroadcastMate 6/29/09

BROADBAND SATELLITE SERVICES MARKET SET TO EXCEED $6.4 BILLION BY 2015...This is according to Global Industry Analysts, Inc. of San Jose, CA. They say high speed networking is witnessing phenomenal growth over the past few years. Terrestrial existing bandwidth is continuing to grow to drive demand requiring possibly higher rates. This is good news for the Broadband Satellite services market. Next generation satellite systems are expected to provide total capacities in the gigabits per second range and eventually in the terabits range. Satellite broadband will not replace the existing terrestrial systems that use fiber optics, but will make new services available in new places and in new dominate roles. Globally the number of subscribers for Satellite Broadband is expected to surpass 3 million by 2010. BroadcastMate 6/29/09

IPHONE VIDEO FORMAT CONVERTER IS NOW AVAILABLE FROM DIGIARTY SOFTWARE INC...On June 25, 2009 Digiarty™ released their brand new software named WinX Free iPhone Video Converter™. It converts at least 12 popular video formats to iPhone®, iPod®, Apple-TV®, iPod Touch®, etc. BroadcastMate 6/29/09

NOW YOU CAN BOOK FLIGHTS ON SOUTHWEST AIRLINES (and others) WITH MICROSOFT® OUTLOOK...NEW TRIPWARE™ TRAVEL SOFTWARE AVAILABLE NOW!...Southwest Airlines in the U.S.'s #1 airline carrier. With their Tripware you can book on 8 out of the ten top U.S. airlines. The software should give business travelers a marked advantage over online booking. With Tripware, you can plan, manage, and book your flights in as little as 3 minutes. Check them out at http://tripware.com/travel-center. BroadcastMate 6/29/09

AMAZON.COM SOFTWARE STORE INTRODUCES THE NEW WINDOWS 7 UPGRADES FOR FALL DELIVERY FOR 50% OFF STARTING TODAY June 26, 2009, Seattle...RELEASE DAY DELIVERY... Amazon starting today through July 11, 2009 is new offering Microsoft's® Windows 7™ operating system Home Premium addition Upgrade and Professional Upgrade packages for about 50% off for delivery on release day of October 22nd. This is 50% off the suggested pricing. Amazom customers' can pre order now with the convenience of receiving the product when it is physically released on next October 22. All these orders are scheduled to be sent out to be received on the official release date of October 22nd. For in-depth information on Windows 7 visit Amazon at http://amazon.com/windows7. BroadcastMate June 26, 2009.

TEL3® OF MIAMI FL HAS JUST ANNOUNCED A NEW INTERNATIONAL LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE SERVICE APPLICATION FOR iPhones®...Miami, FL June 26, 2009. 3TEL® in the long distance telephone calling service for over 15 years today announced a free iPhone® application called TEL3Dialer™. Their is a free trial download version application and no commitment for the trial period. BroadcastMate 6/26/09

GLOBALSIGN Ltd IMPLEMENTS HIGHEST ASSURANCE SSL TECHNOLOGY FOR VIRGIN ATLANTIC...London, UK June 23, 2009. GlobalSign Ltd a long established Certificate Authority and specialists in SSL certificates announced that Virgin Atlantic as the most recent brand to migrate to its EV Extended Validation SSL technology. EV SSL differs greatly from standard SSL certificates in that it makes the browser address bar glow green. providing visitors with an easily recognizable visual reassurance of SSL. Browsers that work with this new technology to date are IE7 and IE8, Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome and Safari. BroadcastMate 6/25/09

U.S. WIRELESS INDUSTRY IS #1 IN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION...CTIA WASHINGTON, D.C....The wireless Association President and CEO Steve Largent had this to say. "The U.S. wireless industry is the worlds leader in overall satisfaction, value, competition and innovation." A 2008 American Customer Satisfaction Index Survey reports found that a record 69% of wireless users were satisfied in the first quarter of 2009. Customers were able to choose from 630 handsets, and 29 WiFi handsets manufactured by 33 companies. Meanwhile it was obvious that the wireless industry is becoming much for competitive. BroadcastMate 6/24/09

FREE HARDWARE FROM VERIZON® New York June 22, 2009...Verizon is offering something new in Fios™ Broadband bundles. Qualifying new voice or broadband customers bundles you can get a free A) netbook or B) a Flip Ultra™ camcorder. Existing customers who add either up to 3 Mbps or up to 7.1Mbps with a one year contract will receive a Mini Netbook for about $99 or a free Flip Ultra. The offers are good through August 15, 2009 according to Verizon. BroadcastMate 6/23/09

HP® ANNOUNCES WORLDS FIRST WEB-CONNECTED HOME PRINTER...San Francisco, June 22, 2009. It is being combined with HP's Touchsmart™ technology for a quick and easy touch screen access to popular digital content. Designed specifically for households for a new web based printing platform. This will allow people to connect instantly with informative and personal content. This will also allow people to get contact on demand and print out daily news, maps, coupons, movie tickets, recipes and more with touch screen convenience. Free apps include USA TODAY user customized news. The HP Touhcsmart Web™ has a 4.33 inch screen. The versatile printer prints, scans, and faxes. BroadcastMate 6/23/09

INTEL® SURVEY SAYS 9 OUT OF 10 US ADULTS ANNOYED BY SOME MOBILE BEHAVIORS...Apparently peoples etiquette is not what it should be! It is becoming more of an annoyance as we see the introduction of Netbooks and laptops and texting on mobile phones. Leading the list is annoyance factors are: 72% complain when folks are texting while driving, 63% complain of people talking loudly, 55% complain of people discussing private matters in public. The survey was taken by Harris interactive April 8-10, 2009. BroadcastMate 6/23/09

ADVANCED SAFER SSL SEALS FOR A SAFER INTERNET...Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 22, 2009...SSL vendors like VeriSigb®, GeoTrust®, Comodo® and others supply SSL seals to websites which are displayed on their websites. The question has been do these current seals really work? Are they properly installed?. To quote Paul van Brouwershaven the developer of Netwoking4all®..."To overcome this shortcoming we developed a technologically advanced dynamic Site Seal that can be embedded in any website that uses SSL, regardless of the certificate type." The seal displays the domain name and also provides several checks to confirm the availability of a SSL connection, and if there are any potential security issues. To date no other seal offers these checks. There are three levels of seals. Look for them soon. BroadcastMate 6/22/09

COREL® INTRODUCES NEW NETBOOK-READY OFFICE SUITE...June 17, 2009 Corel announced its news COREL® Home office suite specifically for consumer and home-based business use. It has low memory requirements and a "small footprint". Corel® Home Office includes Corel® Write for word processing, Corel® Calculate for spreadsheets and Corel® Show for presentations. Deliverability into a Notebook or netbook is through a USB stick to make it easily to use in the field. It has file compatibility and document sharing abilities with Microsoft® Office with extensive file support and the ability to create PDF files. It has 13 language support. Finally it an be customized by its users manually or users can use the auto configuration options. BroadcastMate 6/22/09

RIM INTRODUCES THE BLACKBERRY TOUR SMARTPHONE...This new 3G World Phone keeps our connected with high-speed CDMA Networks in North America and the UMTS/HSPA Networks abroad. On June 16th, 2009 RIM introduced the news Blackberry®Tour 3G smartphone. President and Co-CEO Mark Lazaridis of Research In Motion had this to say, "Blackberry continues to be the top selling smartphone brand in North America and we are proud to add this powerful new 3G world phone..." Key features are: 3.2 MP camera, full HTML web browser, Advanced media player, 256MB Flash memory, built in GPS and the preloaded DataViz® Documents to Go®, which allows users to edit Microsoft® Word, Excel and PowerPoint on the handset, support for Blackberry APP World®, and a 1400 mAhr battery for 5 hours of talk time.. BroadcastMate 6/19/09

STILL HAVING TROUBLE TUNING IN YOUR DIGITAL SIGNALS? Broadcastmate took some of the FCC recommendations on how to get them tuned in. Follow this link to our HDTV information page. High definition digital television information.

iPhone® DEVELOPMENT FOR THE REST OF US USERS AND CONSUMERS...On June 12, 2009 at Apples Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco Apple announced the iPhone Classroom that will allow regular people to develop their own iPhone applications. It is call "Codeless iPhone Development." The iPhone App Classroom provides a comprehensive system of 25 detailed and easy-to-follow techniques that makes it possible for non developers to capitalize on the iPhone Development market. Here is a link to the Classroom App information: http://iphone.appclassroom.com. BroadcastMate 6/19/09

VIDEO CAMERAS IN 3 NEW MOBILE PHONES?...June 8 2008 Apple® announces the new the new iPhone® 3G S. It has a 3.0 megapixel camera for video recording. SEE IT HERE! Currently the Samsung® A777 offers a 1.3 megapixel camera with a one hour 15 fps video recording capability. The Samsung A777 features a built in MP3 player, pc synchronization and GPS navigation. Another device is the LG® enV3 VX9200 offered for Verizon Wireless. This phone has a 3.0 megapixel camera with a recording device. This phone also features HTML Web browsing, a full qwerty keyboard and GPS navigation. Expect to hear more about these phones in the coming week or two. BroadcastMATE 6/8/09

ADVANCED EASY TO USE WIRELESS POWER CHARGERS...Green Plug® and WiPower® have developed power chargers that dynamically adjust by simply placing them in any position on top of the charging pad. Users can the quickly charge up their cellphones, MP3 players, digital cameras and other devices. for more info visit their site http://www.greenplug.us. BroadcastMate 6/9/09

APPLE JUNE 8 2009 Apple® RELEASES THE NEW SAFARI 4® WEB BROWSER...Its available for both MAC® and Windows® pc's. It comes with their "Nitro"™ engine that runs JavaScript® up to 4.5 times faster from their previous Safari web browser. It has full history and cover flow, and works with HTML 5. It also has advanced CSS features. BroadcastMATE 6/8/09

BING®...GET USED TO THE SOUND OF THAT NAME...IT IS A NEWS SEARCH EXPERIENCE FROM MICROSOFT®...It helps users make better decisions with its "Decision Engine" approach. It will asset users four ways. 1) Making better purchases, 2) Planning a trip, 3) Researching a health decision, or 4) Finding a local business. It will be available worldwide as of June 3, 2009. The new service is located a http://www.bing.com. It apparently replaces live.com the former MSN search engine. BroadcastMATE 6/3/09

WEATHER CHANNEL INTERACTIVE HAS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED A PREMIUM VERSION OF ITS POPULAR WEATHER APPLICATION FOR iPhone® AND iPod® TOUCH FOR THE APPLES APP STORE...(May 26, 2009) It will be called the Weather Channel Max® and offer radar imagery on a map using proprietary TruPoint® technology developed by the Weather Channel®. It includes * A Severe Weather Center with both local and national alerts and tropical storm updates. * A video center allows customer to choose from a large library of local, regional and international video clips produced specifically for mobile. *A Boat and Beach Forecast with marine forecasts and local tide information. BroadcastMATE 6/3/09

VERIZON EXPANDS ITS HIGH SPEED INTERNET (HSI)...By July 2009 Verizon expects 9.7 million households to be subscribed. The service offers up to 7.1 Mbps Verizon® claims there will be no bandwidth use caps. The parts of states that this is or will be available in are: New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, D.C., California, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, and Washington state. Released May 20, 2009.

LOOKING FOR JOB, PUT YOUR FACE INTO IT WITH A VIDEO RESUME!...Thanks to nextjob.us it is free. Nextjob.us has a platform to add your voice and or face to resumes'. At this writing there is no charge to register and upload a multimedia resume. Nextjob.us has a wide spectrum of jobs and employers including Managers, Testers, DBA's, HR, Developers and more. BroadcastMATE 05/20/09~

SPRINT TO OFFER ITS NEW PALM PRE® STARTING JUNE 6, 2009...The new Palm Pre by Sprint has crossover features in a cellphone for business as well as personal entertainment. It operates with the new Palm webOS™ mobile platform. The new Palm Pre will be available nationwide on June 6 at Sprint® stores, Best Buy®, Radio Shack®, and selected Wal-Mart® stores. BroadcastMATE 5/19/09~

"UPDATED BROADCAST AND FCC NEWS"

NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN RESULTS OF THE FCC OPEN MEETING JULY 2, 2009... The new FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski had some prepared remarks regarding the issue of the new National Broadband Plan Process. The thrust of his comments summarized are as follows. He recognizes that it is the FCC's job to develop the new Broadband Plan. He also recognizes the fact that all people in the US should be ensured of access to broadband technology. To that end he said the FCC must develop a strategy to ensure the affordability of such a broadband plan. Part of that strategy is and should include federal grants. Overall he sees the plan as beneficial for job creation and economic growth. He declares that this is the most important task for the FCC as an agency at this moment in history. Rolling out such a plan will assist in opening opportunities for: consumers to get education opportunities over the broadband, provide 24 health monitoring for patients in rural areas and to assist small businesses to sell its products across the country and around the globe. BroadcastMate 7/3/09

DIGITAL TELEVISION TRANSITION REMARKS AT THE FCC OPEN MEETING JULY 2, 2009... FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski had some thoughts on how well he thought the digital TV transition went on June 12, 2009. He acknowledged the hard work and volunteerism of the commission in making the transition to digital as smooth and seamless as possible for millions of Americans. He acknowledged Acting Chairman Copps with making tremendous progress toward the FCC's goal of getting Americans prepared for that important moment in history. BroadcastMate 7/3/09

COMMENCEMENT OF RURAL, FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVED DIGITAL TV LICENSING FOR LOW POWER TELEVISION AND TV TRANSLATORS WILL BEGIN AUGUST 25, 2009. FCC WASHINGTON, D.C. Beginning August 25, 2009 LPTV and Translator stations in rural areas only will have a digital filing opportunity for these services. This will include major changes to existing and incumbent analog stations and geographic restrictions apply. THEN: COMMENCEMENT OF NATIONWIDE FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVED DIGITAL LICENSING FOR LPTV AND TV TRANSLATOR SERVICES BEGINNING JANUARY 25, 2010...This will be nationwide for major modifications to existing analog and digital stations. This will be without geographic restrictions. Under no circumstances the FCC tells us will they accept applications for new analog TV stations. In addition current LPTV, Translator and Class A TV stations may file an application for on-channel digital flash/cut conversion at any time so as to maintain priority. However applications will only be accepted for on-core television channels 2-51.   BroadcastMate 6/30/09

FCC TO ALLOW AM STATIONS TO USE FM TRANSLATORS TO BETTER SERVE THEIR MARKET COVERAGE AREAS...WASHINGTON, D.C. JUNE 29, 2009... By FCC report and Order the following changes go into effect. 1) adopt changes so currently licensed or construction permitted FM translators can now be used by AM radio stations to retransmit their AM programming within their current AM coverage areas. 2) In addition AM Class D stations (mostly daytime stations) will also be able to use translators to broadcast originating programming during periods when their AM station is not operating. The FM translator coverage 60 dbu contour must not exceed the smaller of a) a 25 mile radius from their AM transmitter sites, b) or the 2 mv/m daytime contour of the station. BroadcastMate 6/30/09

FCC SEEKS COMMENT ON PROVIDING SPECTRUM FOR MEDICAL BODY AREA NETWORKS... WASHINGTON, D.C. JUNE 29, 2009. The FCC on Monday adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that seeks comment on allocating spectrum and establishing service and technical rules for the operation of Medical Body Area Networks. These would be used to wirelessly monitor patients vital signs etc., and would be used primarily by health care facilities! BroadcastMate 6/30/09

FCC HAS A NEW CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON, DC 6/29/09... Late last week Julius Genachowski was confirmed by the Senate as Chairman of the FCC. At the same time Rob McDowell was reconfirmed. Also former Acting Chairman Michael J. Copps will stay on. Meanwhile commission Adelstein will be leaving the agency. BroadcastMate 6/30/09

WASHINGTON JUNE 13, 2009---FCC ASSISTS CONSUMERS TO EASE TRANSITION... 971 of the nations full power television stations switched to digital only transmission Friday.   A record 317,450 consumers took advantage of the FCC's toll free help line 1-888-CALL FCC. About 30% of the calls referred to converter boxes, over 20% of the handled calls was about overall reception problems. Average wait time to speak with an agent was 4.6 minutes overall and 1.8 minutes for Spanish speaking calls. The average call length was 8.4 minutes per call. The calls were answered by live agents. "I am pleased with the way our FCC team responded to the technical challenges that arose throughout the course of the day," said Acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps. About 4000 agents at the FCC answered the calls. Updated, June 15, 2009...The FCC said altogether since Monday June 8th they received upwards of 900,000 calls. By Sunday the 14th however the call volumes had declined. However Michael Copps, Acting FCC Chairman had this to say Monday June 15th, "Our call center remains open, our teams are in the field, and our website, http://www.dtv.gov, is updated to reflect the kinds of problems people are having." BroadcastMATE 6/16/09 undated.

THE FCC ISSUED NOTICE ON JUNE 11, 2009 EDST...POST TRANSITION ANALOG TV NIGHTLIGHT SERVICE PERMITTED!... FCC provides participant list for statuary Nightline Program Service...listed stations were granted blanket analog license extensions to delay their digital conversions.   A total of 185 stations in 85 designated market areas will participate in the program The short term "Analog Flash and Emergency Readiness Act" ("Analog Nightline Act") required the commission and develop a program to "encourage and permit" continued analog television service during the 30 period after the DTV transition deadline of June 12, 2009 as required. BroadcastMATE updated 6/12/09

JUNE 12, 2009 FCC WASHINGTON D.C. FCC HAILS NEW ERA IN BROADCASTING WITH DIGITAL TELEVISION TRANSITION... All full power television stations will have converted to all digital by midnight Friday night June 12, 2009. ( With the exception of the Nightlight Act Stations ) To quote Chairman Michael J. Copps, "Today's historic transition to digital TV is an important step forward in U.S. broadcasting, offering consumers access to more free over-the-air programming as well as higher quality pictures and sound. The transition also frees up valuable airwaves for emergency communications and advanced wireless services. BroadcastMATE 6/12/09

JUNE 9, 2009...FCC REQUIRES FULL POWER TELEVISION STATIONS TO MAINTAIN A LOCAL VIEWER CALL IN TELEPHONE LINE... This is so viewers can call in for specific information. This should include the weekend dates of June 13 and June 14 and is mandatory during regular business hours. People staffing these telephone lines must be prepared to answer complex questions from viewers, specifically necessary actions to get reception at specific locations. The local television stations can pool together to do this or have a states Broadcasters Association man the live telephone panel. BroadcastMATE 6/10/09

NEW DIGITAL TRANSITION CALL SIGN PROCEDURES... When TV stations started to simulcast their new DTV signals with the current analog signals the call letters on the digital signal were to be WFCC-DT to distinguish it from for example from WFCC or WFCC-TV analog. NOW STARTING ON THEIR SWITCHOVER DATE stations will have a choice of just identifying their DTV station as WFCC or WFCC-TV. Otherwise to maintain the -DT suffix such as WFCC-DT they will need to make application through the commissions on line call sign authorization and reservation system. MEANWHILE NEWER DIGITAL ONLY TV STATIONS will by default have the authorized flexibility to use -DT or -TV. BroadcastMATE 6/4/09

GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES $44 MILLION TO UPGRADE LOW POWER AND CLASS A TV STATIONS TO DIGITAL....NTIA ANNOUNCES. The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced a process wherein low power television and translator stations could apply for funds to convert their analog transmitters to digital transmitters. To quote: "The Obama Administration is committed to ensuring all viewers of over-the -air broadcast television enjoy the full benefits of digital television." said acting NTIA administrator Anna M. Gomez. Currently Low power and Class "A" television stations provide the only TV service to many rural areas across America. These are the least likely to afford the equipment, transmitters and new DTV antennas necessary to convert to DTV. Deadline for funds request by the low power stations and translators owners is July 13, 2009. This should help those of us in rural areas see a much quicker changeover to DTV than was anticipated before. BroadcastMate 5/26/09

THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION THE CUSTODIAN OF RADIO REGULATIONS FOR RADIO COMMUNICATIONS HAS IT WORK CUT OUT FOR ITSELF...(Geneva, May 8, 2009) Presently 40 different radio frequency services are competing for an increased share of the world's radio spectrum for new services and more users of those services. Simply put their job is to see that your mobile phone and WiFi services does not interfere with TV and FM Broadcasting, not to mention maritime and aircraft communications. Their responsibility covers fixed and mobile radio services, satellite systems, analog and digital radio and TV Broadcasting, meteorological monitoring and even space communications. They the ITU-R will be the organization that will oversee all the current and new radio spectrum coming in to play in the coming years. BroadcastMATE 5/18/09~

FCC CONSIDERING A NOTICE OF INQUIRY ON THE USE OF PPM'S, (PORTABLE PEOPLE METERS) The radio ratings service ARBITRON® wants to introduce these units. However Broadcasters fear it will slew the ratings because it might undercount the number and loyalty of some radio listeners. The NOI was released by the FCC on May 18, 2009. Broadcastmate will follow this story as it develops over the next several months to see if anything becomes of it. BroadcastMATE 5/22/08

F.C.C. VOTES TO ALLOW NEW TRANSLATOR SERVICES TO HELP TV STATIONS MAKE UP FOR SIGNAL LOSS IN THEIR PRIMARY COVER AREA DUE TO THE DIGITAL CHANGEOVER... WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 11, 2009...This move will allow "fill in service" for full-service DTV stations that have lost within their service area due to analog to digital service to make use of translators on channels 2 to 51. Signal loss in the licensed service contours is due to unavoidable engineering changes to prevent interference to the new digital television full power assignments as well as the need in many instances to change transmitter sites due to technical, environmental or zoning issues. These will be permanent translators automatically renewed with the main station licenses. Furthermore coming next the F.C.C. will soon initiate first come first served licensing for TV translators outside there licensed contours. Action officially taken May 8, 2009 by Report and Order. This will alleviate many issues for both home viewers and cable systems which might otherwise loose current existing television service. BroadcastMATE 5/12/09~

THE FCC HAS ADOPTED AN ITEM TO PROTECT VoIP TELEPHONE CONSUMERS, WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 13, 2009... The commission has changed the time VoIP customers have switch their number portability to 1 day rather than the current 4 days. After the Commission receives key input from the North American Numbering Council (NANC) which is expected in about 90 days large service providers will have 9 months to implement the change and smaller
providers 15 months. This includes wireless and wireline providers too. BroadcastMATE 5/14/09~

FCC'S 2008 QUARTERLY REPORT ON CONSUMER INQUIRIES AND COMPLAINTS REGARDING BROADCASTING...RELEASED 5/6/09 INQUIRES: To be noted the number of Radio and Television inquiries increased by more then 194% from 61,404 in the 2008 3rd quarter to 180,949 in the 4th quarter of 2008. About 85% of these inquiries related to Digital Television Issues. Meanwhile in the same period (4th quarter 2008) the number of Cable and Satellite inquiries increased by more that 73% from 9008 to 15,594. DTV inquires constituted about 77% of these. COMPLAINTS: Radio and Television complaints decreased by over 27% from the 3rd quarter of 2008 to the fourth quarter of 2008. Down from 40,057 to 29,106. Cable and Satellite complaints decreased over 7% from 2,263 to 2097 in the 4th quarter of 2008. BroadcastMATE 5/6/09

FCC ANNOUNCES ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKING GROUP TO STUDY DIGITAL CLOSED CAPTIONING ISSUES!... The study group will be focused on matters of accessibility to individuals with hearing and vision disabilities. The kickoff meeting is scheduled for May 18, 2009 at F.C.C headquarters in Washington, DC. The main issue is to conduct an assessment of DTV transition issues with accessibility issue as regard technical issues. There have been ongoing technical issues with digital closed captioning for over a year now and the Commission's Consumer Advisory Committee wants to look into correcting these problems at the technical level. For example garbled captions on HD channels, HD set top boxes stripping or garbling HD captions, HDMI inability to pass CC at times, difficulties with CC making users think there is no CC available at times or on certain shows to name a few. More specifically...the working group will look at 1) Identifying and anticipating problems with the transmission of digital closed captioning and video description; 2) Evaluate those issues based on the capabilities of digital equipment; 3) Develop solutions to ensue closed captioning and video description services are working reliably. BroadcastMATE 5/1/09

THE FCC HAS FINALLY APPROVED REGULATIONS FOR THE USAGE OF "WHITE SPACES" (UNUSED TV SPECTRUM) ON A SECONDARY BASIS. In the F.C.C.'s efforts to use spectrum to its maximum efficiency they adopted an action on last November 4, 2008 that will allow new and sophisticated devices to operate in the TV broadcast spectrum on a secondary basis. These spaces will be used for fixed and portable unlicensed broadband data and other communications for many diverse purposes. Safeguards are to include geolocation capability and access to the internet via a database of the in use licensed television stations and translators so as not to interfere with those primary television services. Also wireless microphones, used largely by television and radio stations will also have to protect the primary licensed services. This will be accomplished by use of the database mentioned above. BroadcastMATE 12/12/08

NTIA AWARDS LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL RIGHTS EDUCATION FUND $1.65 MILLION DOLLARS FOR TV CONVERTER BOXES... The fund is to help vulnerable populations have assistance in getting and installing DTV converter boxes to analog televisions. Coupons should be obtained now before June 12, 2009 as some stations and markets are converting before the June deadline. According to NTIA administrator Meredith Baker..."combined with the $2.7 million awarded to the National Association of area agencies on aging NTIA has now been provided $4.35 million to assist seniors. minorities, low income individuals, the disabled and rural residents with hands on help to complete the digital transition." These various (about 300) organizations will assist hundreds of thousands make and submit a computer box coupon application for home use. Call 1-888-388-2009 for assistance. BroadcastMATE updated 04/24/09

FCC BROADCAST AUCTIONS FOR 2009... On April 17, 2009 the FCC scheduled an auction for FM Broadcast construction permits. That date is September 1, 2009. Also on April 24 the FCC scheduled an auction for BROADBAND RADIO SERVICES licenses. The date for that auction is October 27, 2009.

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WHAT IS AM RADIO DELIVERY?-AM Radio uses low frequencies in the 540 khz to 1700khz band. These frequencies easily penetrate through buildings easily but are subject to static and noise.

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