[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 188 (Monday, September 29, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58343-58344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23201]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATION COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meeting; Open Commission Meeting; Tuesday, September
30, 2014
September 23, 2014.
The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on
the subjects listed below on Tuesday, September 30, 2014. The meeting
is scheduled to commence at 10:30 a.m. in Room TW-C305, at 445 12th
Street SW., Washington, DC.
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Item No. Bureau Subject
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1................ MEDIA.................. TITLE: Sports Blackout
Rules, Report and Order (MB
Docket No. 12-3)
SUMMARY: The Commission will
consider a Report and Order
that would eliminate the
Commission's sports
blackout rules, which can
prevent consumers from
watching their teams' games
on local television.
2................ INTERNATIONAL.......... TITLE: Comprehensive Review
of Licensing and Operating
Rules for Satellite
Services (IB Docket No. 12-
267)
SUMMARY: The Commission will
consider a Further Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking to
streamline and update Part
25 of the Commission's
rules, which governs
licensing and operation of
space stations and earth
stations for the provision
of satellite communication
services. These proposals
will streamline, clarify or
eliminate numerous rule
provisions and reduce
regulatory burdens.
3................ OFFICE OF ENGINEERING TITLE: Expanding the
AND TECHNOLOGY. Economic and Innovation
Opportunities of Spectrum
Through Incentive Auctions
(GN Docket No. 12-268)
SUMMARY: The Commission will
consider a Declaratory
Ruling that clarifies that
the Commission intends to
make all reasonable efforts
to preserve both the
``coverage area'' and
``population served'' of
eligible broadcast
television stations in the
repacking process
associated with the
Incentive Auction.
4................ OFFICE OF ENGINEERING TITLE: Amendment of Part 15
AND TECHNOLOGY. of the Commission's Rules
for Unlicensed Operations
in the Television Bands,
Repurposed 600 MHz Band,
600 MHz Guard Bands and
Duplex Gap, and Channel 37,
and Amendment of Part 74 of
the Commission's Rules for
Low Power Auxiliary
Stations in the Repurposed
600 MHz Band and 600 MHz
Duplex Gap; Expanding the
Economic and Innovation
Opportunities of Spectrum
Through Incentive Auctions
(GN Docket No. 12-268)
SUMMARY: The Commission will
consider a Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking to
revise rules for unlicensed
operations in the TV bands
and new 600 MHz Band,
including fixed and
personal/portable white
space devices and
unlicensed microphones. The
proposed changes and new
rules are intended to allow
more robust and spectrally
efficient unlicensed
operations without
increasing the risk of
harmful interference to
other users.
5................ OFFICE OF ENGINEERING TITLE: Promoting Spectrum
AND TECHNOLOGY. Access for Wireless
Microphone Operations;
Expanding the Economic and
Innovation Opportunities of
Spectrum Through Incentive
Auctions (GN Docket No. 12-
268)
SUMMARY: The Commission will
consider a Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking to
address the needs of
wireless microphone users,
while recognizing that they
must share spectrum with
other wireless uses in an
increasingly crowded
spectral environment.
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Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (tty).
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Meribeth McCarrick, Office of Media Relations, (202) 418-0500; TTY 1-
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-23201 Filed 9-25-14; 11:15 am]
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