Telecommunications Professionals Can Save Hours of Research Time

Have you spent hours searching through stacks of references for telecommunications deregulation information? Now, open one volume--The Telecommunications Deregulation Sourcebook--and find all the facts you need. Stuart N. Brotman, a Senior Managment Adviser to communications, information and entertainment industry clients, has conducted the painstaking research for you, creating this one consolidated, indispensible source. For communications lawyers, industry managers, policy makers and students, The Sourcebook boils down the vast body of industry literature to the key turning points of deregulation development.

Contents

Broadcasting:   Radio Deregulation. Programming Format Changes. Top-Fifty Ownership Policy. Television Advertising Practices. AM Sterio, License Trafficking. FM Subsidiary Communications Authorization (SCA). Television Programming. Ascertainment, and Programming Log Requirements. Multiple Ownership Rules. Unnecessary Broadcasting Regulations. Character Qualifications.

Cable Television and New Video Media:
Pay Programming Restrictions. Federal Pre-emption of Pay Cable Prgramming. Midwest Video II. Syndicated Program Exclusivity and Distant Signal Rules. Low-Power Television (LPTV). Cable Television Competition and Deregulation. Telephone-Cable Cross-Ownership. Master Antenna Television (MATV). Subscription Television (STV). Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS). Teletext. Multichannel-Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS). Local Rate Regulation. Pre-emption of Cable Programming Content. Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984. Must Carry.

Common Carrier:   Allocation of Microwave Frequencies Above 890 MHz. The Carterfone Decision. The MCI Decision. Domestic communication Satellite Facilities. Caterfone and the States. A Competitive Ideal. Resale and Shared Use. EXECUNET (MCI). MTS and WATS Market Structure. DIgital Termination Systems. Cellular Communication Systems. AT&T Divestiture. Domestic Fixed-Common-Carrier Servies and Facilities. COin-Operated Telephones. Private Operational-FIxed Microwave Radio Servie (OFS). Separate Satellite Systems for International Communication. Chariman Fowler's Regulatory Model. Computer Inquiry III. Appendix A. Deregulation of Technical Standards. Appendix B. Dissenting Opinions.