Audio from the City Council hearing on white spaces

Written by Joshua Breitbart Tuesday, 24 March 2009 12:26

Joly from the New York chapter of the Internet Society recorded the full conference. You can see his video and listen to his audio at the ISOC-NY website.

Council Member Gale M. Brewer chaired the hearing and the witnesses were:

Panel 1
Mary Landolfi - Pres. American Federation of Musicians Local 802
Ira Mont - VP Actors Equity Association
Laurie Baskin - Director of Government & Education Programs. Theatre Communications Group
Heidi Mathis - Corporate Relations Manager at The Shubert Organization / Broadway League

Panel 2
Stuart Overby - Senior Director, Global Spectrum Strategy. Motorola, Inc
Marc Berejka - Sr. Director, State Affairs & Public Policy, Microsoft Corp.

Panel 3
Thomas J. Hillgardner - General Counsel For The Association Of Cable Access Producers
David L. Donovan - President, Association For Maximum Service Television, Inc.
Mark Brunner - Senior Director Of Global Public Relations For Shure Inc
James Smith - Producer, Manhattan Neighborhood Network

Panel 4
Joshua Breitbart - Policy Director, People’s Production House
Dana Spiegel - Executive Director, NYCwireless
Timothy Karr - Campaign Director, Free Press
Chris Keeley - Associate Director, Common Cause/NY

Panel 5
Gracey Stodder - representing: Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney
John V. Weaver - CEO/President, Liberty Imaging LLC

Panel 6
Michael Lewis - Founder, Wireless Harlem
Dharma Dailey - Director of Research, The Ethos Group

Here are some clips we've pulled:

David L. Donovan - President, Association For Maximum Service Television, Inc.: "... You won't know where the interference is coming from."

Laurie Baskin - Director of Government & Education Programs. Theatre Communications Group: "The theater community is hopeful..."

Timothy Karr - Campaign Director, Free Press: "It boils down to this..."