U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INTEREST OBLIGATIONS OF DIGITAL TELEVISION BROADCASTERS; Notice of Open Meeting

Change of Location

DATE: [when published]

ACTION: Notice is hereby given of a change in location of the meeting of the Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters on January 16, 1998. This notice also contains an updated agenda for the meeting.

REFERENCE: This notice amends the original notice of open meeting published in the Federal Register on December 31, 1997. Citation: 62 FR 68260.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Friday, January 16, 1998 from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.

LOCATION: The meeting will be held in the Mt. Vernon Salon of the Madison Hotel, 15^th and M Streets, NW, Washington, D.C. 20005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Edwards, Designated Federal Officer and Telecommunications Policy Specialist, at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration; U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 4716; 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.; Washington, DC 20230. Telephone: 202-482-1880; Fax: 202-482-8058; E-mail: piac@ntia.doc.gov.

MEDIA INQUIRIES: Please contact Paige Darden at the Office of Public Affairs, at 202-482-7002.

AGENDA:

Friday, January 16

Opening remarks
Briefings on the technology of digital broadcasting and the implications for new programming services
Briefings on closed captioning and video description services
Briefing on natural disaster information systems
Briefings on educational programming in the digital era
Public comment
Committee business
Closing remarks

This agenda is subject to change. For an updated, more detailed agenda, please check the Advisory Committee homepage at www.ntia.doc.gov/pubintadvcom/pubint.htm.

Larry Irving, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information