Satellite Dish Installation- information for consumers

Spectrum Sharing Issues

• Northpoint
• Fixed Wireless Communications Coalition

FCC Spectrum Policy Task Force (link to SPTF home page)

• Public Notice for comments on FCC spectrum policy
• SBCA Comments to SPTF (July 11, 2002)

Transition to Digital Television

FCC Asks for Comment on Cable-Consumer Electronics Industries Agreement of "Plug-and-play" Standard

SBCA Comments on "Plug-and-play" Agreement (March 28, 2003)

• FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (January 14, 2003)
• Cable-Consumer Electronics Industries Memorandum of Understanding

FCC Chairman Powell Calls for the DBS, Cable and Broadcast Industries to Spur Transition to Digital Television

• Chairman Powell's Proposal
• SBCA Letter to FCC on Digital Transition (July 1, 2002)

Competition in the Multichannel Video Marketplace

•  FCC Annual Report on Competition, released December 31, 2002

GAO Report: "Issues in Providing Cable and Satellite Television Services" (October 2002)

Program Access Rules

• FCC extends program access exclusivity rules (June 13, 2002)

Constitutional Challenge to Satellite Must-Carry

• Reply Brief on Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit- May 2002
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit- April 2001
• Petition for Reconsideration (filed by DIRECTV)- February 2001
• District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia- September 2000