ADVISORY/FCC Urges Broadcasters to Speed Transition to Digital TV.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 2000 TOPIC: The chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. recently told broadcasters they should speed the transition to digital television, CNN.com reported. FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. Chairman William Kennard reportedly also warned broadcasters not to wait for a government mandate to make the transition. The transition allegedly has become a sticky Refers to an application or service that keeps you on a Web site. For example, stock quotes, glossaries, educational material, chat rooms and similar offerings give you reason to remain on the site, while it allows the company to show you more ads or proprietary messages. issue between the U.S.'s 1,600 television stations and the FCC. Broadcasters want the FCC to guarantee a digital TV audience by forcing cable companies to carry their digital programs. However, the cable industry has argued that the government should not regulate its content. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Douglas Bartek, chairman & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Microtune is an expert on digital television, convergence and cable. 972-673-1600 kekberg@sheltongroup.com Branco Gerovac, VP of technology research at SeaChange International  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . , is an expert on media digital and cable television technologies. He has served as DTV (Digital TeleVision) Transmitting TV using digital signals. The major DTV standards are ATSC (North America), DVB (Europe) and ISDB (Japan). All three use MPEG-2 video compression and Dolby Digital audio compression. DVB and ISDB also include MPEG audio compression. technical advisor for the FCC. 978-897-0100 jsheehan@schange.com Clint Clint is the diminutive word for the given name Clinton and may refer to: People:
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