FCC's New Year's Revolutions

摘要

Next year is shaping up to be a potential watershed year one broadcast and cable lobbyists, and execs and lawyers as the FCC prepares to remake the TV band. Also, a federal court could throw a wrench into either the commission's plans to regulate the Internet, or Internet service provider's plans to invest in further broadband build-outs and upgrades. Congress will likely be tied up with getting itself reelected, so the FCC will be the hot spot of activity, though cable operators are hoping the Senate can see its way clear to making the ban on ISP taxes permanent.