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First, strengthen competition, and advance innovation. At the top of that list is the agencys vote last month that will make it easier for consumers to buy a settop box or an app from someone other than their cable company. Is Technology Neutral proposal means that any company will be able to manufacture a settop box or design an app and sell it to consumers. Should a consumer wish to continue renting their settop box from their paytv provider, they can. No one is going to take it away from them...

Auction task force. Mr. Epstein, what does that mean . Guest thank you, peter. Im happy to be here. I am the head of the task force at the fcc which is responsible for implementing the incentive auction which is a firsttimeever auction at the fcc for spectrum. Host and the incentive auction is the auction, the spectrum auctions involving the broadcasters, correct . Guest indeed, it is. It is whats called a twosided auction which for the very first time will acquire spectrum from broadcasters in ...

All around the earth. It really was a truly dangerous phenomenon, the cold war. There have been many cold wars in history. The british and the french were in cold war most of the centuries back to the Norman Conquest if they engaged in many hot wars with each other, but the cold war, the war that we know as the cold war, that was the most dangerous war of all. And thank god it never became a hot war. There were wars between the principal allies of the principal agents of the cold war, namely the...

Turkey is prepping again for elections on november 1st. The Wilson Center is the host of this event this afternoon, and thatll be live at three here on cspan2. Also coming up shortly on our companion network, cspan, democratic president ial candidate senator Bernie Sanders will be speaking at liberty university, and that will be in lynchburg, virginia, the same place republican senator ted cruz announced his president ial candidacy. Senator sanders will be speaking at the con convocation, thatll...

We are live for the 18th year in a row from florida for the miami book international. That is a few of the affairs. Coming up, an interview with gary epstein, and then a discussion on the u. S. Mexico border and then a discussion on irans role in the middle east after the Nuclear Agreement with the international community. Cspan, brought to you by your local cable or Satellite Service provider. Host now on the the communicators, we want to introduce you to gary epstein, he is fair of the Fcc Inc...

Test test the minister the minister will the minister will focus on the answer to the question. What i can say is that hes referring to other mines. The other mine that is topical at the moment is the one we are trying to get going. Thats all for this edition of question time wrap. Thanks for watching. Tonight, on the communicators, gary epstein, chair of the fccs Incentive Auction Task force discusses the upcoming broadcast spectrum auction allowing Wireless Companies to bid on air wave space. ...

Communicators, gary epstein, chair of the fccs intent of Auction Task Force will discuss the upcoming broadcast spectrum auction which will allow Wireless Companies to bid on airwaves face. A congressional termination determination eight in the spectrum act. We are not taking spectrum from broadcasters, it is a voluntary auction. Broadcasters can continue to be an extremely viable service, but Congress Passed this act were broadcasters on a onetime basis will be able to language their spectrum r...

Valuable service. Congress passed the act where broadcasters on a onetimeonly basis will be able to relinquish spectrum rights in return for a shares of the proceeds of the forward auction. So, what it is is congress determination and the fccs implementation to use Market Forces to make available more lowband spectrum available to meet needs. The need for broad band spectrum is burgeoning exponentially. There is not a lot of good lowband spectrum left. This is a new and novel method that congres...

Available more low band spectrum. The need is burgeoning by multiples. There isnt a lot of good low band spectrum left and this is a new and novel method that congress has put in place and the fcc is to implement. Tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspan 2. More now about taiwan. Of recent discussion that focuses here on the relations between taiwan and china with topics including the political and economic issue, antiChina Sentiments in taiwan and engaging young people on social issues. From the stimso...

Strait relations. Most taiwanese people see little practical value in changing the status quo toward legal independence. So, taiwans policy has been to cut rate is good relations with the prc, but avoid being drawn into political talks that could erode the islands freedom of action. Thats whats keeping taiwan in check. What is keeping the prc in check are at least three things, im sure many of you could think of many more. First, the prc recognizes that acting to change the status quo, mean a no...