I’ve now had my eyes glued to the Federal Communications Commission’s 370+ page National Broadband Plan for 24 hours, and the message is clear: video rules; audio drools. The document goes so far as to propose the creation of video.gov: “a federated national archive for digital content. Creating such an archive will require tackling digital […]
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FCC National Broadband Plan: give wireless band next to Sirius 20 MHz
The Federal Communications Commission’s National Broadband Plan is up, and, as expected, it recommends that a wireless band close by the Sirius XM band get 20MHz of spectrum for use to deploy wireless broadband services, probably WiMAX style. “Recommendation 5.8.1: The FCC should make 20 megahertz available for mobile broadband use in the 2.3 GHz […]
Slacker launches unsigned bands upload site
Slacker mobile/Internet radio has just launched a new venue for unsigned music bands to create their own stations on the service. And the fans of these bands can integrate them into their own custom Slacker Personal Radio stations list. “We are giving new artists an experience they can’t get anywhere else,” Slacker veep Jonathan Sasse […]
NPR makes big promises for the iPad
“If you’re among the estimated 120,000 Apple enthusiasts who signed up to get an iPad on April 3, rest assured that you’ll be able to experience the NPR Web site in all its glory.” So promises Kinsey Wilson, Senior Vice President and General Manager, NPR Digital Media, in his latest blog post. NPR’s designers and […]
FCC says broadband will help bring country music to the Internet
Federal Communications Commission Chair Julius Genachowski did his best to sell the agency’s upcoming National Broadband Plan to country music and country radio fans this week. “You thought I was going to say something about my wife leaving me, my dog and my truck, didn’t you?” the FCC’s boss asked the Country Music Association on […]
Yamamoto's audio picks: Scissors For Lefty, Copeland, The Ink Spots, and salvia
Each week I’m posting a few bands, songs, music videos, and websites that have caught my eye at some point. I should mention that many of the links to songs will probably be on youtube (aka they may include videos that I don’t consider to be particularly good) and that I’ve chosen the music videos […]
Rough notes: What does the FCC's National Broadband Plan mean for radio?
Next Tuesday the Federal Communications Commission will reveal the entirety of its National Broadband Plan, over a year in the making. Required by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which authorized $7.2 billion in broadband stimulus spending, The Plan will weigh in on about a thousand broadband related subjects—how to help more people get it, […]
Sirius XM "extremely disturbed" by FCC wireless non-interference proposals
Sirius XM satellite radio CEO Mel Karmazin warned the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday that the FCC’s proposed non-interference rules with a nearby wireless band won’t do. “We are extremely disturbed by the proposal,” Karmazin confided in a letter sent to the agency’s Chair, Julius Genachowski. “The proposed rules seem to bear little resemblance to […]
Will the FCC's National Broadband Plan resolve Sirius XM's little war with big wireless?
As Federal Communications Commission watchers everywhere know, a huge part of the agency’s strategy to build out the nation’s broadband infrastructure will be to get more spectrum licenses to the wireless industry. In fact, FCC Chair Julius Genachowski says the Commission’s National Broadband Plan will propose freeing up 500 MHz over the next decade. And […]
The Radio Survivor Guide to escaping mainstream radio
Radio Survivor’s Helen Yamamoto offers her comprehensive guide to every band genre that she (and we) can think of on the ‘Net.