FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                            CONTACT:   Paige Darden
January 8, 1998                                   (202) 482-7002
                                                  pdarden@ntia.doc.gov

*****MEDIA ADVISORY*****

WHAT: The Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters will hold its third meeting in its effort to study and recommend which public interest obligations should accompany broadcasters' receipt of digital television licenses. The Committee co-chairs, Leslie Moonves, President, CBS Television and Dr. Norman Ornstein, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, will preside over the meeting. The meeting is open to the press and public.

WHEN: Friday, January 16, 8:30 a.m.- 5:30 p.m

WHERE:

Mt. Vernon Salon of the Madison Hotel
15th and M Streets, NW
Washington, DC

RealNetworks, Inc. will broadcast the meeting over the Internet. To access the broadcast on the day of the meeting, go to the PIAC home page at www.ntia.doc.gov/pubintadvcom/pubint.htm or RealNetworks' homepage at www.real.com

AGENDA (tent.):

8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks


Leslie Moonves, President, CBS Television
Norman Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute

8:45 a.m. PANEL: The Technology of Digital Broadcasting and the

Implications for New Programming Services
Committee Discussion

11:00 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m. Briefing on Closed Captioning and Video Description of Broadcast

Programming

11:45 a.m. Break
12:00 p.m. Briefing on Natural Disaster Information Systems
12:30 p.m. Lunch Break
1:30 p.m. PANEL: Educational Programming in the Digital Era

Committee Discussion

3:45 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. Public Comment, Questions and Answers
4:30 p.m. Committee Discussion of Future Agenda
5:00 p.m. Closing Remarks

Norman Ornstein; Leslie Moonves

5:15 p.m. Adjourn

For more information about the Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters, please visit the home page at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/pubintadvcom/pubint.htm or call 202-482-1880.

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