Transformations in Telecommunications & Media

Elements & Issues for Consideration

Buch | Hardcover

301 Seiten

2013
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-62948-413-6 (ISBN)

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The passage of the 1996 Telecommunications Act resulted in a major revision of the Communications Act of 1934 to address the emergence of competition in what were previously considered to be monopolistic markets. Since its passage, however, the advancement of broadband technology to supply data, voice, and video; the growing convergence of the telecommunications and media sectors; and the growth in demand for usable radio frequency spectrum has led to a consensus that the laws that govern these sectors have become inadequate to address this rapidly changing environment and have, according to a growing number of policy-makers, made it necessary to consider revising the current regulatory framework. This book provides an overview of selected topics that, while far from a definitive list, provide a broad overview of issues that are central to the telecommunications/media convergence debate. The issues covered in this book include broadband deployment, broadband regulation and access, broadcast media ownership rules, funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, emergency communications, legal issues regarding facilities siting, Federal Communications Commission oversight and reform, Internet governance and the domain name system, reauthorization of statutory copyright and communications provisions in the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act, spectrum policy and wireless broadband deployment, and Universal Service Fund reform.

Preface; Telecommunications & Media Convergence: Selected Issues for Consideration; Broadband Internet Access & the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs; Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate; Spectrum Policy in the Age of Broadband: Issues for Congress; The FCCs Broadcast Media Ownership & Attribution Rules: The Current Debate; The Corporation for Public Broadcasting: Federal Funding & Issues; Online Video Distributors & the Current Statutory & Regulatory Framework: Issues for Congress; Internet Governance & the Domain Name System: Issues for Congress; Internet Domain Names: Background & Policy Issues; The First Responder Network & Next-Generation Communications for Public Safety: Issues for Congress; The Federal Communications Commission: Current Structure & Its Role in the Changing Telecommunications Landscape; The National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA): Issues for the 113th Congress; How the Satellite Television Extension & Localism Act (STELA) Updated Copyright & Carriage Rules for the Retransmission of Broadcast Television Signals; Index.

Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	180 x 260 mm
Gewicht	708 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	1-62948-413-X / 162948413X
ISBN-13	978-1-62948-413-6 / 9781629484136
Zustand	Neuware