Subject: [Benton's Communications-related Headlines] June 15, 2007 (Spectrum)

From: Kevin Taglang <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:01:09 -0500

BENTON'S COMMUNICATIONS-RELATED HEADLINES for FRIDAY JUNE 15, 2007
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SPECTRUM POLICY
	Spectrum public safety plan meets resistance at hearing
	GOP Senators Back Cable In Wireless Auction
	Broadband should be in every home
	FCC's Adelstein Doubts Entry Of National Wireless Web Provider

INTERNET/BROADBAND
	China aims to top U.S. in cyberspace: U.S. general
	Telecom: back from the Dead
	A Fight Over What You Can Do on a Cellphone
	Media Institute: Net Neutrality Legislation Is Bad Idea

BROADCASTING/CABLE
	FCC Denies Challenge To Chicago, Milwaukee TV Stations
	Rep Lipinski Introduces Cable Choice Bill
	Thomas Hazlett's case for the XM/Sirius merger
	Fox drops TV stations for Dow bid
	Chairman Markey Responds to Kellogg Decision to Pull Ads Targeting Children
	Martin Will Vote on Comcast Waiver By July 1

JOURNALISM
	Conyers Backs Journalists, Slams Media
	Debate Duo: CNN and YouTube
	Univision calls on viewers to get citizenship
	First 'Mirror Awards' Winners Named

SPECTRUM POLICY

SPECTRUM PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN MEETS RESISTANCE AT HEARING
[SOURCE: PC World, AUTHOR: Grant Gross]
A plan to have private investors build a national 
wireless broadband network for police and fire 
departments met resistance at a U.S. Senate 
hearing Thursday, including from the man in 
charge of New York's emergency broadband network. 
Startup Frontline Wireless LLC, backed by two 
former Federal Communications Commission chairmen 
and several tech industry heavyweights, would set 
aside 22MHz of wireless spectrum from an upcoming 
auction of the 700MHz band for a dual-use 
commercial and emergency response network, with 
the winning bidder required to build a nationwide 
network that would give priority to police and 
fire departments. A national broadband network 
for emergency response agencies would take 
billions of dollars to build, and a 
public-private partnership like the one Frontline 
has proposed is the only way it will happen, said 
James Barksdale, president and CEO of investment 
group Barksdale Management Corp. and a partner in 
Frontline. The U.S. government lacks the money to 
build the network, he said. "We're not asking 
agencies to give us the spectrum," Barksdale 
said. "And public safety gets a free ride on it -- that's a heck of a deal."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/14/AR2007061401552.html?nav=rss_technology/personaltech
* Former FCC Chair Mark Fowler joins Frontier Wireless
[SOURCE: Lasar's Letter on the FCC, AUTHOR: Matthew Lasar]
The man who once famously called television "just 
another appliance" and "a toaster with pictures" 
has signed up with a major player in the FCC's 
700 MHz wireless auction proceeding.  Mark Fowler 
served as Ronald Reagan's Federal Communications 
Commission Chair from 1981 through 1987. During 
his tenure Fowler oversaw the massive 
deregulation of the broadcasting industry and the 
rise of cable television. Now he has joined 
Frontline Wireless, a prominent participant in 
the FCC's proceeding on rules for the agency's 
upcoming auction of the 700 MHz band, sold off as 
TV stations vacate the region and take up digital 
signals. But even Fowler concedes that the FCC 
will need to attach some "smart regulations" to the sale.
http://www.lasarletter.net/drupal/node/410

GOP SENATORS BACK CABLE IN WIRELESS AUCTION
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Ted Hearn]
  A group of Senate Republicans wants cable 
operators to have unfettered access to 
participate in an upcoming Federal Communications 
Commission auction that could earn the U.S. 
Treasury at least $10 billion. “The FCC should 
not devise encumbering rules which suppress 
interest in the auction, including build-out 
requirements, restrictions on incumbent bidding, 
net neutrality and open access mandates,” the GOP 
lawmakers said in June 13 letter to FCC Chairman 
Kevin Martin, a Republican Bush appointee. 
Signing the letter were Sens. Jim DeMint (R-SC), 
John Sununu (R-NH), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), 
John Ensign (R-Nev), Mel Martinez (R-FL), and 
David Vitter (R-LA). All but Sen Martinez hold 
seats on the Commerce Committee, the panel that directly oversees the FCC.
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6452013.html

BROADBAND SHOULD BE IN EVERY HOME
[SOURCE: The Hill, AUTHOR: Sen John Kerry (D-MA)]
[Commentary]  very important piece of public 
property is about to be auctioned off. You won't 
find it on a map, but it is prime real estate. 
And the sale of this property has profound 
implications for schools, businesses, emergency 
first responders, rural communities and the 
future of wireless communication and innovation 
in America. In the upcoming 700 MHz spectrum 
auction, the Federal Communications Commission 
will auction off an important slice of our 
airwaves. The FCC has a choice: It can either 
provide extraordinary benefits to millions of 
Americans or tilt bandwidth policy to line the 
pockets of a privileged few. The airwaves belong 
to the American people -- and their use should 
serve the public interest, not corporate 
interests.  In recent auctions, the big 
communications companies actively used their 
bidding power to shut out new providers. As a 
result, these new companies faced near impossible 
barriers to entry in the wireless communications 
industry. What does this mean for us? Consumers 
don't enjoy the lower prices and better service 
that would result from more choice in the 
communications marketplace. The upcoming auction 
presents a real opportunity to promote economic 
competitiveness and address affordability and 
availability of important wireless services. The 
Internet and our airwaves are public property. 
All Americans should benefit from and be able to 
access it -- not just in revenues the government 
earns from selling spectrum to corporations, but 
also in expanded access to revolutionary new 
technology for every American. Our economy, our 
schools, our families and our first responders 
are counting on the FCC and conduct a fair 
auction in the spirit of competition and 
innovation that drives the Internet today. 
Previous generations ushered in new eras of 
economic progress with electricity for rural 
areas and a car in every driveway. In 2007 to 
stay competitive, we should strive to do the same with broadband in every home.
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/broadband-should-be-in-every-home-2007-06-13.html

FCC'S ADELSTEIN DOUBTS ENTRY OF NATIONAL WIRELESS WEB PROVIDER
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal 6/13, AUTHOR: Corey 
Boles [email-masked]]
Speaking at a conference hosted by the Wireless 
Communications Association International, Federal 
Communications Commission Commissioner Jonathan 
Adelstein voiced doubts about the potential for a 
new national wireless broadband provider to enter 
the market to take on the incumbent telephone and 
cable broadband providers. he said he was 
reluctant to structure the rules of the upcoming 
radio spectrum auction to encourage the entry of 
a new player unless there was a commitment that 
there would be a serious bidder at the auction. 
Commissioner Adelstein said the FCC risked 
excluding smaller bidders from getting access to 
the valuable spectrum coming available for no 
reason if it designates a large block of it to be 
auctioned off but no large bidder comes forward. 
A group calling itself the Coalition for 4G 
America has been aggressively lobbying for a 22 
megahertz block of spectrum with a national 
license to be auctioned off. The coalition 
includes the likes of Google Inc., Intel Corp., 
EBay Inc. unit Skype Inc., and satellite 
television companies EchoStar Communications Corp. and DirecTV Group Inc.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118176728181934284.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
(requires subscription)
* Commissioner Adelstein's remarks
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-274064A1.doc

INTERNET/BROADBAND

CHINA AIMS TO TOP US IN CYBERCHASE: US GENERAL
[SOURCE: Reuters 6/13, AUTHOR: Jim Wolf]
China is seeking to unseat the United States as 
the dominant power in cyberspace, a U.S. Air 
Force general leading a new push in this area 
said Wednesday. "They're the only nation that has 
been quite that blatant about saying, 'We're 
looking to do that,"' 8th Air Force Commander Lt. 
Gen. Robert Elder said. Gen Elder is to head a 
new three-star cyber command being set up at 
Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, already 
home to about 25,000 military personnel involved 
in everything from electronic warfare to network 
defense. The command's focus is to control the 
cyber domain, critical to everything from 
communications to surveillance to infrastructure 
security. The Defense Department said in its 
annual report on China's military power last 
month that China regarded computer network 
operations -- attacks, defense and exploitation 
-- as critical to achieving "electromagnetic dominance" early in a conflict.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/13/AR2007061301433.html
* China set to overtake US with broadband connections
http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2007/jun/14/china_set_overtake_us_broadband_connections.html

TELECOM: BACK FROM THE DEAD
[SOURCE: BusinessWeek, AUTHOR: Spencer Ante]
All those YouTube videos and MySpace pages 
zipping back and forth on the Net have revived 
the telecom industry -- and charged up the 
economy. Over the past year the telecom industry 
has roared back to life. Credit a steady rise in 
appetite for broadband Internet connections, 
which enable easy consumption of watch-my-cat 
video clips, iPod music files, and such 
Web-inspired services as free Internet phoning. 
Indeed, this year broadband adoption among U.S. 
adults is expected to cross the important 
threshold of 50%. Capital spending is on the rise 
as companies invest to build high-speed networks. 
Private equity players are placing enormous bets 
on the industry, such as the $8.2 billion that 
Silver Lake Partners and the Texas Pacific Group 
agreed to pay for networking gearmaker Avaya on 
June 5. And the glut in broadband communications 
capacity is all but gone. About half of the 
Internet's transmission capacity was going unused 
in 2002. Today that pipeline has almost doubled 
in size, and yet the unused portion is down to 
about 30%. As a result, the price that companies 
pay for bandwidth in some parts of the U.S. is on 
the rise after six years of declines. "All of us 
are planning expansions of our backbones in order 
to support growth in Internet applications and 
video," says Dan Yost, executive vice-president 
for product at Denver-based communications 
provider Qwest. Perhaps the best indicator of the 
telecom revival is this startling data point: 
Profits for the industry this year are expected 
to reach an all-time high of $72 billion, topping 
for the first time the high-water mark of $65 billion in 1998.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_26/b4040001.htm?campaign_id=rss_tech

A FIGHT OVER WHAT YOU CAN DO ON A CELLPHONE
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal 6/14, AUTHOR: 
Jessica E. Vascellaro [email-masked]]
Wireless phone carriers and the makers of 
hand-held gadgets like the BlackBerry have long 
had a symbiotic relationship. Carriers sell the 
BlackBerry to subscribers, putting it in the 
hands of millions. In turn, the carriers get to 
charge their subscribers not just for voice but 
for pricier data service as well. Now, a turf war 
is looming between the two camps, as lucrative 
new services such as video, games, and maps move 
onto mobile devices. Each camp wants to control 
the new offerings, and the gusher of revenue they 
could produce. At stake for consumers are what 
services will be available on their mobile phones 
and whether they're free or cost a monthly fee. 
The wireless Web is taking off more slowly in 
America than overseas, and one reason is that 
U.S. carriers tightly control what applications 
are available on mobile devices. That's a 
contrast with Europe and parts of Asia, where 
carriers' control is less tight and where 
wireless services have been more broadly 
available for years. Pressure is building for 
U.S. carriers to loosen their grip. The push 
comes in part from handset makers that want to 
make their devices more attractive by including a 
host of services and software applications. If 
the handset makers succeed, consumers could see a 
rise in the number of sophisticated applications 
available free. For investors, at issue is who 
gets what share of the $15 billion-plus of 
revenue generated annually by mobile data 
services in the U.S. -- a market that is forecast 
to explode. Phone carriers want the revenue to 
offset declining revenue from their voice businesses.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118178419580134700-search.html?KEYWORDS=cellphone&COLLECTION=wsjie/6month
(requires subscription)

MEDIA INSTITUTE: NET NEUTRALITY LEGISLATION IS BAD IDEA
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Comments are coming into the FCC in response to 
its inquiry on broadband regulation, specifically 
what, if anything, it should do on the issue of 
network neutrality. The Media Institute, for one, 
says it says regulation is a bad idea. The 
institute, a media company-backed First Amendment 
think tank, argues that in the present 
marketplace, "there is no problem -- no clear and 
present danger to the openness of the Internet -- 
that requires regulatory action," saying that 
perceived harms, rather than actual ones, are fueling the drive for regulation.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6452246.html?rssid=193

BROADCASTING/CABLE

FCC DENIES CHALLENGE TO CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE TV STATIONS
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The FCC has denied a challenge to a total of 19 
TV stations in Milwaukee and Chicago, saying the 
petitioners had not demonstrated that the 
stations had failed to provide adequate election 
coverage in 2004, and effectively telling 
stations and activists to try to work out their 
public interest differences themselves. Citing a 
Study by the Center for Media and Public Affairs, 
the Media Access Project, representing Chicago 
Media Action (CMA) and the Milwaukee Public 
Interest Media Coalition (MPIMC), had argued that 
less than 1% of their regularly scheduled 
newscasts and public affairs shows in a one-month 
period leading up to the November 2004 election 
were devoted to non-federal races. MAP had said 
that "the paucity of coverage of local elections" 
was "inconsistent [with] the principle of 
localism that the Communications Act demands," as 
the FCC framed the argument in its decision 
rejecting the petition. The FCC said that it has 
"very little authority to interfere with a 
licensee’s selection and presentation of news and 
editorial programming," and that it was not in 
the business of reviewing stations' news judgment.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6451787.html?rssid=193
* See FCC Order:
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-2530A1.doc

REP LIPINSKI INTRODUCES CABLE CHOICE BILL
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-IL) Thursday introduced 
the Family & Consumer Choice Act of 2007. The 
bill would require cable companies to choose from 
one of three options in delivering their 
programming: 1) accept broadcast-style indecency 
regulations, 2) offer "real" family tiers (ones 
that would offer news and sports channels), or 3) 
provide an opt-out a la carte system where 
viewers can block and get a rebate for, any 
channel they don't want. Joining Rep Lipinski was 
co-sponsor Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb), FCC Chairman 
Kevin Martin, Parents Television Council Director 
of Government Affairs Dan Isett, and Jeannine 
Kenny, senior policy analyst of Consumer's Union. 
Former Washington Redskin and now Rep Heath 
Shuler (D-TN) is also said to support the bill.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6452175.html?rssid=193
* Cable Programming Law Proposed
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6451671.html?rssid=193
* Martin to Endorse Cable Content Bill
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6452012.html?rssid=196
* Congressmen Again Urge A La Carte Cable
http://tvweek.com/news/2007/06/congressmen_again_urge_a_la_ca.php
(requires free registration)
* Chairman Martin's remarks
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-274169A1.doc

THOMAS HAZLETT'S CASE FOR THE XM/SIRIUS MERGER
[SOURCE: Lasar's Letter on the FCC, AUTHOR: Matthew Lasar]
Former Federal Communications Commission Chief 
Economist Thomas W. Hazlett's advocacy of the 
proposed XM/Sirius satellite merger centers 
around a single irony: nothing makes the case for 
the application better than terrestrial 
broadcaster opposition to the union. "These 
interests emphatically claim that they oppose the 
merger because it will lead to a monopoly that 
will harm consumers," Hazlett writes in a brief 
filed today with the FCC. "This fierce opposition 
is powerful evidence in itself that AM/FM 
radio—'free radio'—competes with satellite radio, 
and reveals the true concern of terrestrial 
stations: that the merger will create a stronger 
rival better able to meet the needs of 
consumers." Hazlett's 51 page statement, 
commissioned by XM and Sirius, effectively turns 
all economic arguments against the merger on 
their head. But filing also ignores key legal 
questions about the proposal, implicitly 
suggesting that they represent a substantial 
hurdle that XM and Sirius may not overcome.
http://www.lasarletter.net/drupal/node/411

FOX DROPS TV STATIONS FOR DOW BID
[SOURCE: Variety, AUTHOR: Michael Schneider]
Looking to free up funds for its $5 billion bid 
for Dow Jones, News Corp. announced Tuesday plans 
to sell nine of its Fox-affiliated TV stations.
The company has retained Allen & Co. to seek 
potential buyers for the outlets. News Corp. is 
specifically looking to exit markets below No. 15 
in which it does not have a duopoly. That 
includes several stations that -- buoyed by Fox's 
acquisition of NFL rights -- flipped to Fox in 
1993 under previous owner New World. Stations on 
the block include WJW Cleveland; KDVR Denver; 
KTVI St. Louis; WDAF Kansas City, Mo.; WITI 
Milwaukee; KSTU Salt Lake City; WBRC Birmingham, 
Ala.; WHBQ Memphis; and WGHP Greensboro, N.C. Fox 
did decide to keep its two smallest-market 
stations, however: KTBC, Austin (market 52) and 
WOGX, Ocala-Gainesville, Fla. (market 162). In 
the case of WOGX, the station actually operates 
out of Fox's Orlando station -- and therefore 
acts as an unofficial duopoly. And with KTBC, Fox 
operates the only VHF station in the market and 
likely didn't want to give up that position.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117966915.html?categoryid=18&cs=1

CHAIRMAN MARKEY RESPONDS TO KELLOGG DECISION TO PULL ADS TARGETING CHILDREN
[SOURCE: Rep Ed Markey]
Rep Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Chairman of the 
House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the 
Internet, released the following statement in 
response to the announcement by Kellogg that it 
will not market food with high sugar and fat 
content on television and other media targeting 
children: "The ‘snap, crackle, and pop’ you hear 
is the sound of public health progress. I applaud 
Kellogg for this ‘smart start’ toward ending TV 
advertisements for sugary cereal and other 
so-called ‘junk food’ products to young children. 
I hope that the rest of the industry will adopt 
measures that, at a minimum, meet those of Kellogg’s."
http://markey.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2911&Itemid=141
* Markey: Kellogg move is Grrrreat!
http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=1006525

MARTIN WILL VOTE ON COMCAST WAIVER BY JULY 1
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin says he will vote 
before July 1 on Comcast's petition for 
full-commission review of a bureau-level decision 
denying Comcast a waiver of the integrated 
set-top box ban, which goes into effect July 1.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6452184.html?rssid=193

JOURNALISM

CONYERS BACKS JOURNALISTS, SLAMS MEDIA
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR:  John Eggerton]
The House Judiciary Committee held its first 
hearing on the proposed federal shield law 
Thursday. The law would protect journalists' 
sources, including those of bloggers, in federal 
investigations, with some carve-outs for national 
security, trade secrets or personal health 
information, but a just would have to determine 
that seeking those sources trumped the public's 
interest in protecting them. Committee Chairman 
John Conyers (D-MI) supports the bill, but in his 
opening remarks Thursday suggested that reporters 
needed protection not only from federal 
investigators but from their own corporate parents.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6452195.html?rssid=193
* Bush administration attacks 'shield' for bloggers
The Bush administration on Thursday blasted a 
congressional proposal that would shield a broad 
swath of news gatherers, including some bloggers, 
from revealing their confidential sources.
http://news.com.com/Bush+administration+attacks+shield+for+bloggers/2100-1028_3-6191053.html?tag=nefd.top

DEBATE DUO: CNN AND YOUTUBE
[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Jose Antonio Vargas]
CNN, the cable network, and YouTube, the popular 
online video-sharing community, are teaming up to 
sponsor a round of presidential debates. The 
Democratic debate is set for July 23 in 
Charleston, S.C. Its Republican counterpart will 
be Sept. 17 in Florida. Both will air live on 
CNN. The two-hour sessions will be hosted by 
CNN's Anderson Cooper, who will introduce videos 
in which YouTube users pose questions to the 
candidates. Cooper will also ask follow-up questions.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/14/AR2007061402020.html
(requires registration)

UNIVISION CALLS ON VIEWERS TO GET CITIZENSHIP
[SOURCE: Associated Press, AUTHOR: Peter Prengaman]
Maria Elena Castillo let her voice go unheard in 
American politics for a decade because she was 
afraid of failing the U.S. citizenship test that 
could give her the right to vote. The Mexico 
native was convinced to give it a try by a 
massive citizenship campaign on Univision, the 
Spanish-language television giant better known 
for its newscasts and torrid telenovelas. "I 
didn't want to do it, but all the things I saw on 
Univision convinced me," said Castillo, 37. She 
and her husband applied for citizenship at an 
immigration center where Univision was doing a 
live broadcast. "We need to be part of this 
country," she said. The "Ya es Hora" ("Now is the 
Time") campaign started in Los Angeles in 
January. It's in a dozen cities with large 
Hispanic populations, such as Houston and Miami, 
and will soon debut in New York. Public-service 
announcements throughout the day give viewers 
details on application requirements, locations 
and costs. On Fridays, Univision broadcasts live 
from a citizenship drive location, where 
volunteers charge $25 to help with lengthy applications.
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20070615/a_univision15.art.htm

FIRST 'MIRROR AWARDS' WINNERS NAMED
[SOURCE: Editor & Publisher]
The first Mirror Awards for "the best in media 
industry reporting" were handed out Thursday in 
Manhattan at a luncheon hosted by Meredith Vieira 
at the W Hotel. They are sponsored by Syracuse 
University's S.I Newhouse School of Public 
Communications. Peter Bart, editor-in-chief of 
Variety, received the Lifetime Achievement Award. 
Winners were: Best Commentary: David Carr, The 
New York Times, for his weekly column. Best 
Coverage of Breaking Industry News: Dean Miller 
for his Nieman Reports article, "A Local 
Newspaper Endures a Stormy Backlash." Best Single 
Article: Clive Thompson for his New York magazine 
article, "Blogs to Riches." Best Profile: Philip 
Weiss, also for New York, "A Guy Named 
Craig".  Overall Excellence: American Journalism 
Review. Excellence in Media Information Services: 
HealthNewsReview.org, from the University of 
Minnesota [Headlines sends a special 
congratulations to Health News Review]. Best 
Subject-Related Series: Andreas Kluth of The 
Economist for "Among the Audience: A Survey of 
New Media." These wonderful works are available 
online at http://mirrorawards.syr.edu/
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003599115
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