John Willkie writes... > Gee, just what docket item would you file the comments in? =20 Docket 04-233 is the FCC Localism Task Force. =C2=93I created the Localism Task Force to evaluate how broadcasters are se= rving their local communities. Broadcasters must serve the public interest,= and the Commission has consistently interpreted this to require broadcast = licensees to air programming that is responsive to the interests and needs = of their communities.=C2=94 - Chairman Michael K. Powell=20 http://www.fcc.gov/localism/ >I also note that this is the first posting to this list from Eric Rehm. = =20 > He is obviously a stooge. No. I was on ATSC T3-S17 (DASE) circa 1998, helped Sony get its DTV PSIP c= ode right in their first ATSC receivers (1999), and I have been a reasonabl= y prolific contributor to metadata standards in MPEG (MPEG-7), trying to ha= rmonize things with SMPTE MXF metadata. I've been a Member of Technical S= taff for Equator Technologies and Thomson (nee Thomson multimedia). I even= went to one of the early NAB OpenDTV dinners as Dermot railed on against 8= -VSB. We might have sat next to each other at that dinner, who knows? I= n any case, try Google with "Eric Rehm MPEG-7" if you think I need a litmus= test. It seems our country's President has passed on his skills to at least one o= ther U.S. citizen: shoot from the hip when you have no or incorrect informa= tion, discredit others who threaten you, ... /eric rehm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.