FCC Green Lights Unlicensed White Spaces Spectrum Usage

The FCC voted to allow unlicensed wireless devices to operate in broadcast spectrum White Spaces. The vote passed despite extensive opposition from the NAB; pro audio manufacturers, more than 50 members of Congress, NARAS, the American Federation of Musicians, the NFL, NASCAR, the NBA and others. The pro audio industry’s primary concern has been over the effects that such devices would have on wireless microphones — a...

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MTV Set To Announce Rock Band Deal With The Beatles?

MTV Networks has scheduled a big press conference today that will reportedly announce a licensing arrangement with the Beatles to incorporate the Fab Four’s catalog into the company’s popular Rock Band video game. In their invitation MTV revealed that they had reached an “exclusive agreement” with Apple Corps (executor of all things Beatles) to develop an “unprecedented global music project.” No...

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