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Video Competition Report Circulated

The FCC circulated its long-awaited video competition report to the commissioners for their vote on Wednesday, according to several FCC sources. The report concludes, among other things, that online video has become a “thriving industry.” The “annual” report (see below) covers developments in the video program market between 2007 and 2010. The term... More

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Netflix Founder Hastings on Comcast Xbox Policy: 'In What Way is This Neutral?'

Netflix founder Reed Hastings vented on his Facebook page Sunday about Comcast’s policy of not counting xBox video VOD downloads toward its usage caps, while applying downloads of other services like, well, Netflix. “Comcast [is] no longer following net neutrality principles,” he wrote. “Comcast should apply caps equally, or not at all. I spent the weekend... More

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Copps Takes a Bow

In what was billed as the largest-ever collection of current and former FCC commissioners, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association Thursday hosted a Minority Media & Telecommunications Council salute to retired commissioner Michael Copps, who exited the agency at the end of December. NCTA headquarters was an appropriate venue, since the association is headed by one of... More

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Gergen Keeps Me Coming Back to CNN

Essentially wedded to CNN coverage of the Iowa caucuses Tuesday night by reception troubles on other cable news channels on my cable system and pixelated coverage of the Sugar Bowl, I was reminded why I often gravitate to that channel anyway come election night. No, it is not political, or even my fondness for the fleet fingers of John King and his magic graphics manipulation. It is instead... More

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JOBS Bill

There were rumblings around D.C. Friday that the Republicans want to attach the just-passed-out-of-subcommittee spectrum bill, the JOBS (Jumpstarting Our Broadband Spectrum) Act, to some must pass end-of-year legislation, using the $15 billion for deficit reduction as an offset, perhas for payroll tax extension. If so they would likely have to jettison the amendment on auction conditions and... More