March 2014 Open Commission Meeting

Mar
31
2014

March 2014 Open Commission Meeting

10:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT
Room TW-C305, 445 12th Street S.W., Washington, DC

The FCC held an Open Meeting in Washington, DC on March, 31, 2014, on the subjects listed below:

Increasing Utility of Unlicensed Spectrum in the 5 GHz Band: The Commission considered a First Report and Order that would revise rules to make 100 megahertz of 5 GHz UNII-1 band unlicensed spectrum more useful for consumers and businesses, and reduce the potential for harmful interference to certain incumbent operations.

Meeting the Nation's Demand for Licensed Spectrum: The Commission considered a Report and Order that would adopt allocation, licensing, service, and technical rules to make available for auction 65 megahertz of AWS-3 spectrum for flexible use services, including mobile broadband.

Amendment of the Commission's Rules Related to Retransmission Consent: The Commission considered an Order making certain rule revisions and clarifications to facilitate the fair and effective completion of retransmission consent negotiations, and a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on whether to eliminate the network non-duplication and syndicated exclusivity rules.

Broadcast Ownership Rules Quadrennial Regulatory Review: The Commission considered a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that initiates the 2014 Quadrennial Review of broadcast ownership rules, addresses issues referred to the Commission by the Third Circuit's remand of the 2008 Diversity Order, and a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to define and require the disclosure of a category of sharing agreements between broadcast television stations. The accompanying Report and Order determines that certain television joint sales agreements are attributable.

Meeting Documents

FCC Increases 5GHz Spectrum for Wi-Fi, Other Unlicensed Uses

 

FCC Sets Stage for Auction of 65 MHz of Spectrum for Mobile Broadband

 

 

FCC Strengthens Retransmission Consent Rules

 

 

FCC Adopts JSA Rule and Begins 2014 Media Ownership Quadrennial Review

 

 

 

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