April 14, 1998 Meeting Material Agenda Transcript: Morning session Afternoon session RealAudio archive Federal Register Notice Federal Register change of location

The fifth meeting of the Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters was held on April 14, 1998 at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) in Washington, D.C. Agenda Transcript: Morning Session Afternoon Session RealAudio archive An unofficial summary of the fifth meeting has been prepared by the Benton Foundation and is available on the website of the Benton Foundation The following materials were distributed to Advisory Committee members in preparation for and at the meeting. Links are provided to documents available in electronic form. Please note that this site includes links to private and other public sites that contain related information, public comments provided to the Committee, statements of Committee panel members, and other material that may be of interest to the public. Provision of these links does not express or imply endorsement by the Commerce Department, NTIA, or the Advisory Committee. Broadcasters Bringing Community Service Home: A National Report on the Broadcast Industry's Community Service, submitted by the National Association of Broadcasters (Adobe Acrobat file, 646Kb) NAB Survey of Public Affairs Activities -- Interview Schedule for National Report, August 1997, submitted by the National Association of Broadcasters "Statement of Principles of Radio and Television Broadcasting," issued by the Board of Directors of the National Association of Broadcasters, submitted by the National Association of Broadcasters "Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters: An Examination of Possible Regulatory Models," submitted by Robert Decherd, CEO, Chairman of the Board and President of A.H. Belo Corporation "A Proposal for Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters" submitted by Gigi Sohn, Executive Director of the Media Access Project Section I(D)(2) regarding accessibility issues to be amended to "A Proposal for Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters," submitted by Karen Peltz Strauss, Legal Counsel for Telecommunications Policy of the National Association of the Deaf What's Local About Local Broadcasting?, a joint report of the Media Access Project and Benton Foundation submitted by Charles Benton, Chairman of the Benton Foundation. Available on the website of the Benton Foundation. "Non-Entertainment Programming Study" undertaken by A.H. Belo and submitted by Robert Decherd "The Case for New Public Interest Obligations in the Digital Age," submitted by the Media Access Project "Digital/HDTV Consumer Attitudes and Opinions," January 1998, prepared for Hubbard Broadcasting by Frank N. Magid Associates, Inc. and submitted by Harold Crump Materials provided from the Columbia Institute for TeleInformation's conference on the Future of Digital Television on November 13, 1997: "Public Interest Programming by American Commercial Television," remarks by Eli M. Noam of the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information "Digital Television and Program Pricing," paper presented by David Waterman at the CITI conference on the Future of Digital Television (revised January 1998) "Digital Television in Europe and Japan," paper presented by Jeffrey A. Hart at the CITI conference on the Future of Digital Television "Content and Services for the New Digital TV Environment," paper presented by John Carey at the CITI conference on the Future of Digital Television "The Path from Analog HDTV to DTV in Japan," paper presented by Peter B. Seel, Ph.D. at the CITI conference on the Future of Digital Television "Economics' Role in the Race Toward Digital TV," paper presented by Richard Parker at the CITI conference on the Future of Digital Television Public Comment Comments submitted via electronic mail (February 25, 1998 - April 6, 1998) "Deficiencies of the 'Aspen Matrix'," authored by Laurence H. Winer and submitted by the Media Institute. Available on the website of the Media Institute. Official minutes will be available within 30 days following the meeting. Committee information, meeting minutes, and documents produced for and by the Committee are available on this site and can also be obtained by emailing piac@ntia.doc.gov, by calling 202-4828056, or by written request to: Karen Edwards Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters NTIA - Room 4720 U.S. Department of Commerce Washington, DC 20230 Return to PIAC homepage

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