A New Guide to Federal Cable Television Regulations revisits and updates Rivkin's "Cable Television: A Guide to Federal Regulations" from 1972, now that some five years of elaboration and "fine-tuning" in government controls have elapsed. Rivkin examines how these rules and regulations have fared in actual practice and details the subsequent changes that have been made in them as a result of citizen and industry feedback over the period. This text makes full use of the thousands of certifications granted by the FCC and a like number of interpretive proceedings it has held to resolve and refine disputed and ambiguous points. A significant feature of the new book is the material it contains on the expected impact of the new copyright law pertinent to cable television that becomes effective January 1, 1978.

To guide the industry in the 21st century, counsel for the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and leading attorneys have prepared the only up-to-date, comprehensive broadcast regulatory publication: NAB’s Legal Guide to Broadcast Law and Regulation. Known for years as the "voice" for broadcast law, this publication addresses the full range of FCC regulatory issues facing radio and television broadcasters, as well as intellectual property, First Amendment, cable and satellite, and increasingly important online issues. It gives practicing attorneys, in-house counsel, broadcasters and other communications industry professionals practical "how to" advice on topics ranging literally from "a" (advertising) to "z" (zoning). Now in its 6th edition, NAB’s Legal Guide to Broadcast Law and Regulation is available to keep you current on changes in the law, significant court decisions, FCC rules, agency policies and applied solutions. The National Association of Broadcasters is a nonprofit trade association that advocates on behalf of local radio and television stations and broadcast networks before Congress, the Federal Communications Commission and other federal agencies, and the courts.

How can we preserve free speech in an electronic age? In a masterly synthesis of history, law, and technology, Ithiel de Sola Pool analyzes the confrontation between the regulators of the new communications technology and the First Amendment.

This collection of articles reviews some of the latest developments in telecommunications and electronic storage and processing devices, and provides a perspective on telecommunications capabilities currently available. Each section focuses on specific technologies or aspects of the communications environment. ^BSelected Contents: A Little Light, A Bright Promise: Fiber Optics; Teleconferencing: A Rapidly Growing Innovation; Cellular Phones: The Way We Communicate Today; GTE in Cerritos; Cable Television Regulation and Competition; Cable Television: Application and Technology; Communication Satellites; High Definition Television: The Next Generation; Interaction Video Graphics; Desktop: What's in Store for Publishing; Videocassette Recorders; Videodisc; The VCR of the 90s; Compact Discs; CD-ROM: Past and Present on Disc