The failure of the "D Block" auction has prompted both the Federal Communications Commission and Congress to examine the terms and conditions for use of the spectrum. Will policy goals concerning public safety communications be re-evaluated? Will conditions on the spectrum be altered to ensure the spectrum is attractive to bidders in a possible re-auction? On Tuesday, April 29th, Declan Ganley, CEO of Rivada Networks, discussed these and related issues at a CEO Luncheon event hosted by The Progress & Freedom Foundation.

The program featured a keynote speech by Declan Ganley, Chairman and CEO of Rivada Networks. After his remarks, Ganley responded to questions posed by a distinguished panel of spectrum and public safety experts. Analysts on the event panel were Michael Calabrese, Vice President and Director of the Wireless Future Program at New American Foundation; Hiram "Art" Contreras, Advisor to Mobile Future; and Paul Glenchur, Senior Vice President and Telecom Services Analyst at Stanford Washington Research Group. The seminar was moderated by Ken Ferree, President of The Progress & Freedom Foundation.

This Progress and Freedom Foundation event will be archived in Real Player and Windows Media Player. For more information or technical difficulties please call 703-961-9250 x229, or email [email protected].

About The Progress & Freedom Foundation
The Progress & Freedom Foundation is a market-oriented think tank that studies the impact of the digital revolution and its implications for public policy. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1993.

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As a leading global Internet broadcasting and streaming media company, TV Worldwide (www.tvworldwide.com) is developing a network of video channels that is an affiliation of community-based Internet television stations, each underwritten by a strategic partner, "aimcasting" SM to targeted demographic audiences worldwide. TVWorldwide.com works with strategic partners to develop the latest in live and archived state-of-the art video streaming content applications. TVWorldwide.com was recently named one of the streaming video industry's "Hottest Streaming Companies" by Streaming Magazine, www.streamingmagazine.com, and CEO Dave Gardy was honored by the magazine as one of the 50 Most Influential People in Streaming Media. Mr. Gardy currently serves as the president of the International Webcasting Association (IWA).