The Unpredictable Certainty
The Unpredictable Certainty

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1998-03-05

Total Pages: 631

ISBN-13: 0309060362

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This book contains a key component of the NII 2000 project of the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, a set of white papers that contributed to and complements the project's final report, The Unpredictable Certainty: Information Infrastructure Through 2000, which was published in the spring of 1996. That report was disseminated widely and was well received by its sponsors and a variety of audiences in government, industry, and academia. Constraints on staff time and availability delayed the publication of these white papers, which offer details on a number of issues and positions relating to the deployment of information infrastructure.

Options for Cable Legislation
Options for Cable Legislation

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection, and Finance

Publisher:

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 1156

ISBN-13:

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Regulating the Future
Regulating the Future

Author: W.A. K. Huff

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2001-05-30

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0313000603

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This comprehensive study examines the case of AM stereo and subsequent technologies to demonstrate the FCC's evolution from stern to reluctant regulator. It also examines emerging technologies, such as multichannel television sound, digital audio broadcasting, and high definition television, and discusses their impact on the evolution of broadcast regulation. In the 1980s the tension between governmental control and the marketplace resulted in the FCC's deregulation of TV and radio, electing to set only technical operating parameters and allowing legal operation of any system that meets those minimal standards. Huff argues that this approach is likely to influence regulatory approaches to other new developments in broadcast technologies. The extensive overview of the industry and the study of the interrelationships between the technologies will appeal to communication scholars in the fields of radio and television as well as interest industry professionals.