MARTIN
PROPOSES D-BLOCK auction rules offering 700 MHz spectrum
in regional licenses. Auction unlikely before spring.
BROADBAND
GRANTS SERVING FEWER rural customers due to complexity
of government loan and grant rules.
IPv4
REGISTRATION, accountability concerns rise in debate over address-space
transfer systems to deal with dwindling availability.
TELECOM
NOTES: OET report on white spaces still pending ... New
York Attorney General asks Verizon for more details on FiOS gear
electrical grounding problems.
MEDIA
VOTES SOUGHT on more than a dozen items by Sept. 25 meeting, Martin
says. Wilmington’s
early DTV switch still on.
CABLE'S
IMAGE PROBLEM getting attention from NCTA, with pledge to
engage better with blogs and Internet community.
MEDIA
NOTES: NCTA seeks to join appeal of Web order against Comcast,
a challenge
panned by Martin... ‘90210' episode raises indecency
foes' hackles... FCC seeks comment on Arbitron devices.
CABLE'S
IMAGE PROBLEM getting attention from NCTA, with pledge to
engage better with blogs and Internet community.
AGENCIES: Martin ‘put Comcast on notice’ about online-content
complaints, he says following appeal... DHS asks social networks
to tell users about hurricane’s approach... FTC orders finalized
with payday loan firms.
STATES: Facebook
tests ‘report abuse’ feature in agreement
with N.J. attorney general.
SECURITY: New
form of phone scam uses VoIP, search engines in attacks.
INDUSTRY
NOTES: Social networking sites' popularity ebbing, survey
shows... Early legal P2P service closes... Logitech Squeezebox Boom
offers MP3Tunes.
NEW
D-ILA APPLICATIONS eyed under JVC's planned merger with Kenwood,
JVC executive says at CEDIA Expo.
DIGEO
TO DEPLOY NEW HD DVR BOX this month through Charter, executives
say at CEDIA Expo. Retail box likely to be launched at CES.
XBOX
360 PRICE CUTS will boost hardware installed base, spur software
sales, Take-Two CEO tells analysts.
DIGITAL
TV: Martin says all signs are go for Wilmington’s
DTV switch Monday despite threat of Tropical Storm Hanna.
BROADBAND: Sonic still won’t identify mystery customer of
its Qflix DVD download-to-burn technology.
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: Samsung says it's eyeing ‘various
opportunities' surrounding SanDisk.
RETAIL: HMV
reports strong start to its fiscal year, driven by market share
gains in all categories, it says.
