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      <title>Communicators with Martin Cooper</title>
      <description>Martin Cooper, who is credited for inventing the mobile cell phone, talked about the forces which lead to its creation and his thoughts on the current wireless industry.</description>
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      <title>Communicators with Craig Mundie and Mark Gorenberg</title>
      <description>Craig Mundie and Mark Gorenberg talked about the President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology report. The report recommended that President Obama issue an executive order to convert 1,000 megahertz of spectrum for shared used under a three-tiered structure. According to the report, the "essential element" of such a new structure was that "the norm for spectrum use should be sharing, not exclusivity."</description>
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      <title>Gov 2.0 Summit</title>
      <description>Several interviews were shown from the first-ever Gov 2.0 Summit, bringing together leaders from the private, public, and government sector to find better ways of dispensing information. The Gov 2.0 Summit 2009 was held at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, D.C., on September 9-10, 2009.
"The Communicators" is C-SPAN's weekly series that examines the people and events currently shaping telecommunications policy.</description>
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      <title>Communicators with Gordon Smith</title>
      <description>Gordon Smith talked about the National Association of Broadcasters' views on congressional legislation for the sale of broadcast spectrum to create new space for mobile broadband and emergency communications. He also discussed the future of broadcast television and radio.</description>
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      <title>Communicators with Sanjiv Ahuja</title>
      <description>Sanjiv Ahuja talked about the efforts of the company LightSquared to build a $14 billion high-speed wireless network, and also about reports that its network might interfere with global positioning system (GPS) equipment, including some used by the military. He also discussed allegations by some congressional Republicans of cronyism between the Obama administration and LightSquared.
This was the first of a two-part program on LightSquared. In part two, guests discussed LightSquared's goals and methods of operation, and reports that the network might interfere with global positioning equipment, including some used by the military. The program identification number for part two is 301880-1.</description>
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      <title>Federal Communications Commission Agenda</title>
      <description>Julius Genachowski and Robert McDowell, respective former Democratic Federal Communications Commission chair and senior Republican commissioner, talked about some of the big decisions and issues during their term at the FCC, and major issues ahead for their successors at the agency. Topics included spectrum auctions slated for 2014, broadband deployment, and the Supreme Court decision to uphold a lower court ruling that the FCC has authority to impose a deadline on local government approval of cell phone tower site applications.</description>
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      <title>Communicators with John Skipper, John King, and Phil Meeks</title>
      <description>John Skipper, John King, and Phil Meeks were interviewed at the National Cable and Telecommunications Association in Boston. Mr. Skipper described ESPN's expansion onto a variety of media platforms to make sports available to viewers, emphasizing that cable television is still its key platform. Mr. King discussed ways that technology has changed the way CNN presents information and candidates campaigning techniques. Mr. Meeks talked about how his organization has been able to increase revenue markedly by focusing on small business.</description>
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      <title>Communicators with Michael Powell</title>
      <description>Michael Powell of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association talked about the future of television. Topics included a shift from hardware based to software based telecommunications systems, increased accessibility to the consumer, the influence of social media on television, and changes in television viewing behavior.</description>
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      <title>Communicators with Michael Powell and Glenn Britt</title>
      <description>Michael Powell and Glenn Britt were interviewed at the National Cable and Telecommunications Association in Boston. They talked about the state of cable industry, the widening range of content delivery platforms and speed of content delivery, and some of current issues the industry faces.</description>
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      <title>Communicators with Dan Glickman</title>
      <description>Dan Glickman talked about efforts by the MPAA to improve copyright protections and to reduce the amount of movies that are stolen through piracy.
"The Communicators" is C-SPAN's weekly series that examines the people and events currently shaping telecommunications policy.</description>
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      <title>Communicators with Meredith Attwell Baker</title>
      <description>Meredith Attwell Baker talked about the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC) approval of the the Comcast-NBC merger, the commission's efforts on claiming more broadcast spectrum, as well as efforts to reform the Universal Service Fund.
"The Communicators" is C-SPAN's weekly series that examines the people and events that shape telecommunications policy.</description>
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      <title>Communicators with Mignon Clyburn</title>
      <description>Mignon Cyburn talked about issues before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), including emergency communications when storms occur or during a potential attack. They discussed the problem that the day after Hurricane Sandy made landfall at least 25 percent of cell phone sites in the hurricane's path were inoperable. Other topics included spectrum auctions, and the future of FCC leadership under in a new presidential administration. Paul Kirby was the guest interviewer.</description>
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      <title>Communicators with Scott Cleland and David Balto</title>
      <description>Scott Cleland and David Balto talked about Google's practices as the key Internet search engine, and allegations that the company has developed an anti-competitive bias in its search result displays. They also discussed the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights hearing on the subject. Google Executive Chair Eric Schmidt and executives of other Internet companies testified at the hearing.</description>
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      <title>Communicators with Ross, Losh, and Bladow</title>
      <description>Interviews from the GOV 2.0 Summit held at the Washington Convention Center in Washington DC in May of this year. 
Denice Ross talked about her Center's use of maps and community data in the days leading up to and after Hurricane Katrina.
Elizabeth Losh talked about the unintended consequences of putting out information in the name of government transparency.
Kate Bladow talked about how courts and the legal community use technology to help out those who cannot afford lawyers.
"The Communicators" is C-SPAN's weekly series that examines the people and events currently shaping telecommunications policy.</description>
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      <title>Communicators with Anne Toth</title>
      <description>Anne Toth spoke about privacy issues and telecommunications policy. Among the topics she addressed were information collection, consumer relations, and new technologies.
"The Communicators" is C-SPAN's weekly series that examines the people and events currently shaping telecommunications policy.</description>
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      <title>Communicators with David Vladeck</title>
      <description>David Vladeck talked about the Federal Trade Commission's role in online privacy and how that role could change if legislation passes Congress.</description>
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      <title>Personal Information on the Internet</title>
      <description>Daniel Solove talked about his book [The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor and Privacy on the Internet], published by Yale University Press. In his book Mr. Solove contends that people's reputation can be damaged without recourse and that free speech and privacy must be reviewed in regards to the Internet. He discussed the use of the Internet as a tool for gossip and slander and the privacy issues raised by posting private information about others on chatrooms, online discussion groups, and blogs. Mr. Solove gave many examples Internet noteriety, including some that started with people making their own posts. Some video and audio clips were shown. He talked about the conflict between the right to free speech and the right to privacy. Mr. Solove talked about the precedents that have been established in law cases and advocated using the courts rather than regulations to resolve conflicts.
 
 
 "The Communicators" is C-SPAN's weekly series that examines the people and events currently shaping telecommunications policy.</description>
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      <title>Google Privacy</title>
      <description>Marc Rotenberg talked about Google's new privacy policy, which allows the company to share all of the personal data it has from more than 1 billion users across all of its services. Attorneys general in 32 states have called the policy an invasion of privacy and the EU has said the policy may violate European law. Mr. Rotenberg's Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) sued the Federal Trade Commission to stop the new privacy policy. A federal court dismissed the lawsuit, but the case is being appealed.</description>
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      <title>Communicators with Lewis, Paller, and Lotrionte</title>
      <description>James Lewis, Catherine Litronte, and Alan Paller talked about U.S. ability to thwart and prevent attacks on private and public computer systems.</description>
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      <title>Communicators with Walt Mossberg</title>
      <description>Walt Mossberg talked about the future of personal technology, the effects of technology on daily life, and the relationships between technology makers and the federal government.</description>
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      <title>Merger Between AT&amp;T and T-Mobile</title>
      <description>Jeffrey Silva, senior policy director for Medley Global Advisors, and antitrust Attorney Robert Bell talked about their thoughts on the proposed merger between AT&amp;T and T-Mobile. Mr. Silva considered the impact of the merger on the wireless industry and Mr. Bell discussed possible opposition at the Department of Justice and the FCC.
Debbie Goldman, policy analyst for Communications Workers of America, and Parul Desai, policy counsel for Consumers Union, gave their perspectives of the proposed merger from the viewpoint of industry.
House Judiciary Committee Member Bob Goodlatte spoke by phone about the role of his committee in the proposed merger.</description>
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      <title>Communicators with Clay Shirky</title>
      <description>Clay Shirky talked about the future of Internet access, the growth of "smartphone" use, and the use of social media in political revolutions. 
Mr. Shirky currently teaches at both the Carter Journalism Institute and the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. He also writes frequently about the Internet. 
This program was recorded at the "State of the Net" conference sponsored by the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee.
"The Communicators" is C-SPAN's weekly series that examines the people and events that shape telecommunications policy.</description>
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      <title>Communicators with Representatives Mac Thornberry and Jim Langevin</title>
      <description>Representative Mac Thornberry, chair of the House Republican Cybersecurity Task Force, and Democratic Representative Jim Langevin, co-founder of the House Cybersecurity Caucus, talked about the role of Congress in cyber security issues.
This is second in a multi-part series on cybersecurity.</description>
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      <title>Gov 2.0 Summit Part 2</title>
      <description>Guests were interviewed during the first ever Gov 2.0 Summit, held in Washington, D.C., in September 2009. Guests included Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, and Beth Noveck, White House director of the Open Government Initiative.
"The Communicators" is C-SPAN's weekly series that examines the people and events currently shaping telecommunications policy.</description>
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      <title>Music Industry Issues</title>
      <description>David Renzer talked about how the Internet, digital music, and current copyright policy are affecting the music industry. He focused on the implications of online file sharing on the intellectual property rights of the music and film industries.
 
 Rebecca Hoffman was the guest host.
 
 "The Communicators" is C-SPAN's weekly series that examines the people and events that shape telecommunications policy.</description>
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      <title>Communicators with Dale Hatfield</title>
      <description>Dale Hatfield talked about federal spectrum policy and the spectrum choices facing broadcasters, telecom companies, Congress, President Obama, and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Mr. Hatfield is a former FCC engineering and technology chief.</description>
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      <title>Social Media</title>
      <description>Representative Steve Israel talked about how he uses technology and social media to keep members of his district informed about congressional issues. 
This is the last in a series of programs focusing on how members of Congress use new media.
"The Communicators" is C-SPAN's weekly series that examines the people and events currently shaping telecommunications policy.</description>
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      <title>Communicators at the Consumer Electronics Association Fair</title>
      <description>Seven technology innovators talked about their latest devices and programs at the Consumer Electronics Association Fair. Some of the inventions included an auto collision prevention system, a way to stream thousands of web video channels onto TV, smart phones with 21 hours of continuous battery life, and a mobile-based polling organization that allows people interested in politics to communicate with each other.</description>
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      <title>Communicators with David Cohen</title>
      <description>David Cohen talked about issues affecting the cable industry and telecommunications in general. Topics included Comcast's sale of spectrum to Verizon, program access rules that were scheduled to expire soon, extending broadband service to students in low income families, the impact of Google Fiber and more.</description>
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      <title>National Wireless Broadband Network</title>
      <description>Representative Paul Broun (R-GA), Jim Kirkland, and Fred Schulte talked about LightSquared, a company attempting to build a nation-wide wireless broadband network. Topics included LightSquared's goals and methods of operation, and reports that the network might interfere with global positioning equipment, including some used by the military.
This was the second of a two-part program on LightSquared. In part one, LightSquared CEO Sanjiv Ahuja was interviewed. The program identification number for part one is 301812-1.</description>
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      <title>Communicators with Alec Ross</title>
      <description>Alec Ross talked about the use of technology in U.S. foreign policy.</description>
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      <title>Cybersecurity Threats</title>
      <description>[Washington Post] investigative reporter Robert O'Harrow and computer security researcher Charlie Miller discussed cyber-security vulnerabilities fort all devices ranging from personal computers and telephones to large companies and the nation's infrastructure and national security. They talked about hackers ranging from mischief-makers, disgruntled employees, thieves, corporate and international espionage, to cyber war and the flaws in digital defenses.
Mr. Miller participated from St. Louis, Missouri.</description>
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      <title>Communicators with Senator Ron Wyden</title>
      <description>Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) talked about some of the congressional anti-piracy proposals that would discourage counterfeiters and others from selling bad products or products that are not their own over the Internet. Senator Wyden and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair Darrell Issa (R-CA) are working together on a bill. 
Sandra Aistars, who was interviewed by phone, opposes the Wyden-Issa legislation and instead supports bills by Judiciary Committee Chairs Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX).</description>
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      <title>The Communicators with Nick Bilton</title>
      <description>Nick Bilton talked about the impact of technology on the media.</description>
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      <title>Consumer Electronics Show</title>
      <description>C-SPAN visited booths of some of the companies at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which included demonstrations of some of the newest technology in the fields of solar power, DNA sequencing, health-care robotics and more.</description>
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      <description>Ajit Pai, the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) newest member, talked about spectrum incentive auctions, expanding broadband, and finding the right balance of regulation and marketplace competition in the marketplace.</description>
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      <description>The House and the Senate held hearings looking at the proposed merger of Comcast and NBC Universal. Reporters Joelle Tessler and Amy Schatz talked about the House hearing featuring members of Congress questioning Brian Roberts, the Chairman and CEO of Comcast, Jeff Zucker, President of NBC Universal, and others. 
"The Communicators" is C-SPAN's weekly series that examines the people and events currently shaping telecommunications policy.</description>
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      <description>Rebecca McKinnon talked about her research work in the area of freedom of expression. Her work has focused on the effects of the Internet on free speech, especially in areas of the world where governments attempt to curtail expression, such as China and the Middle East.</description>
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      <description>Carter Phillips and Patrick Trueman spoke separately about the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision vacating the Federal Communications Commission's indecency policy. The Court reviewed the policy after it was remanded by the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Phillips argued the case for Fox Television Stations. Mr. Trueman (and others) filed an amicus brief for Focus on the Family and Family Research Council.
Kim Hart was the guest interviewer.
The Communicators" is C-SPAN's weekly series that examines the people and events currently shaping telecommunications policy. 
There is minor audio interference at one point during Mr. Trueman's interview.</description>
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      <description>Director of the Voice of America (VOA) David Ensor discussed changes in the U.S. government-funded national and international news and information network.
This week's "The Communicators" is the first in a series about U.S. Government-sponsored broadcasts to other countries. These broadcasts are services of the Broadcasting Board of Governors.</description>
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      <description>Robert Holleyman spoke about cyber security issues including intellectual property theft, data mining, and Internet privacy.</description>
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      <description>RVerizon's Robert Mudge , CTIA's Christopher Guttman-McCabe, and Public Knowledge's Harold Feld talked about the impact of Hurricane Sandy on communications in late October 2012 and what it revealed about telecommunications systems during emergencies. Representative Eliot Engel also spoke by phone.</description>
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      <description>Gigi Sohn, Dean Garfield, and Brett Glass gave their perspectives on the Federal Commission Commission's (FCC) decision to adopt network neutrality rules. The rules would keep Internet Service Providers (ISP) from blocking or slowing content that goes over the Internet. 
Brett Glass participated by telephone from Laramie, Wyoming.</description>
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      <description>Maureen Ohlhausen and Julie Brill were interviewed at the National Cable and Telecommunications Association in Boston. They talked about the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) enforcement role in addressing privacy and the internet, as well as how it reached settlements with Google and Facebook and other companies on privacy issues. The FTC also is looking at cramming - unauthorized or deceptive charges on consumers' telephones bills. Recently the FTC recommended that Congress write new consumer privacy legislation.</description>
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      <description>Author Andrew Blum talked about his book, [Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet], in which he describes the physical components and locales that allow the Internet to function throughout the world. He visited the networks, data warehouses, and undersea cables that make the Internet what it is, and described how they all fit into a system that connects the world. Mr. Blum participated by video link from New York City.</description>
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      <description>Hans Vestberg and Bryan Deaner talked about the impact of mobile networks on society and efforts to improve how spectrum is used, ultra books, and the latest in smart phones. 
Mr. Vestberg and Mr. Deaner were interviewed at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.</description>
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      <description>Roger Noll and Jerry Hausman examined the role of regulation and the impact of the breakup of AT&amp;T in the 1980s in the case [U.S. v. AT&amp;T], which reshaped the telecommunications market. In 1982 AT&amp;T agreed to a settlement that would break up the company, and the divestiture began in 1984. Paul Barbagallo was the guest reporter.
Professor Noll participated by video link from Stanford, California, and Professor Hausman from Cambridge, Massachusetts.</description>
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      <description>Michael Powell talked about the key issues affecting the cable industry and telecommunications overall. Topics included developments concerning the Internet, cyber security, advertising, and spectrum.</description>
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      <description>Patrick Butler talks about how public television officials view federal spending cutbacks and the future of public television. There are 360 public TV stations across the U.S. funded in part through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting under the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. Public broadcasting has experienced at 13% budget cut overall in the past two years.
The Association of Public Television Stations (APTS) is a nonprofit organization established in 1979.
Kamala Lane was the guest interviewer.</description>
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      <description>Julia Angwin talked by remote from New York City about Internet privacy issues related to the cookies and supercookies that track where users go on the Web, and congressional efforts to address the issue. Ms. Angwin's [Wall Street Journal] has had an occasional series about internet privacy, "What They Know," since 2010. 
Ms Angwin is the author of [Stealing MySpace: The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America].</description>
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