... needs to adjust its pricing structure for "cross-users." Right now, each receiver you own requires a separate subscription. XM needs to realize that just like a cable subscriber won't pay twice as much to have access to cable in multiple rooms in their house, XM subscribers won't pay double the monthly service charge for multiple receivers. Therefore, XM should create package deals to ... the $100 receiver. Internet radio is another potential competitor to SAT radio, but current technology and immobility prevent internet radio from gaining a large enough market share. Digital radio prov...

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... or FCC as it is more commonly know is a U.S. Government agency. It was created in 1934 and is responsible for international and state communications by radio, T.V., satellite, and cable. It has jurisdiction in all 50 states and the District of Columbia as well. Five commissioners who have 5-year terms, and are appointed by the president and the senate, govern ... rules, orders and authorizations. International Bureau - represents the Commission in satellite and international matters. Media Bureau - regulates AM, FM radio and television broadcast stations, as well as Multipoint Distribut...

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... alternative to written communication rapidly helped the telephone become the world's most important communication tool. By 1866 the first successful attempt to link Europe and America by undersea cable had been accomplished. This cable was capable of carrying telegraph data only. The telephone today remains a vital tool, and like the telegraph, the telephone is constantly being improved by modern technology. By 1900 ... ...

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... an issue. Ultimately the decision by the Supreme Court was against Red Lion due to the spectrum scarcity issue6. In United States v. Southwestern Cable Co.(1968) the Supreme Court furthered the powers of the FCC into the cable broadcast medium7. The first rule prohibiting obscene broadcast in radio came about with the Federal Radio Act of 1927. The act was designed to ... ...

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... issue to discuss their views. This policy was designed to discourage presenting only one side's views of an issue. The FCC dropped the fairness doctrine in 1987, stating that with cable television, there were enough opportunities to express other views on different channels. The problem of presenting opposing sides equally still exists. For example, when the President of the United States ... ...

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... Marconi did start to play with coils, condensers, antennae and receivers in his Mediterranean garden. It took eight years before his experiments were published, and nine years before the Wireless Cable and Signal Co. was founded by him in Britain on the 20th of July in 1897 [Marconi, 1912]. What had been missing, so, was obviously someone who not only understood ... ...

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... innovation of the common set of technical protocol, TCP/IP, cannot be overlooked for the rapid growth in Internet. This software enable computers using various carriers such as telephone line, cable TV and satellite channels to send different form of data like text messages, sound file or an image to each specific computer (Lee, B, 1999). Without this software, Internet may not ... ...

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