At this point, it’s fair to assume most U.S. television viewers have heard that analog television broadcasts are due to shut off on February 17, 2009, and that if folks want to continue receiving over-the-air broadcasts they need to either get a newer TV with a digital tuner, or buy a converter box they can hook up to their old TVs to receive digital signals. The good news is that the U.S. government set aside some funds to subsidize the purchase of those converter boxes: for the asking, U.S. citizens can get a $40 voucher toward the purchase of a digital TV converter. The bad news? The government is running out of vouchers, meaning that not everyone who needs financial assistance converting over to DTV may not be able to get it.
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Congress Looks Into Ad Tracking
Members of the U.S. Congress have begun questioning how some of the most widely-trafficked Internet companies and sites keep track of their users’ online behavior in an effort to target advertising based on search terms, site usage, and other parameters. The requests have been sent to more than 30 Internet companies, including major names like Google, Microsoft, Verizon, Comcast, Time Warner, and AT&T.
SoundExchange Won’t Enforce Rate Hike?
Online music broadcasters may have received a temporary stay of execution from an unlikely source: speaking at a roundtable committee meeting held by Massachusetts representative Ed Markey, SoundExchange’s executive director Jim Simson said his organization will not enforce new music royalty rates approved by the Copyright Royalty Board. Instead, the new rates will be postponed indefinitely while SoundExchange works with online broadcasters to work out a solution.
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