FCC

The FCC has released an update of its small business cybersecurity planner, which combines the resources of eBay, Visa, McAfee, the Department of Homeland Security, Microsoft and others in an online resource to protect against cyberattacks.

The online tool allows business to create a customized plan addressing issues including privacy and data protection, network, security and incidence response and reporting.

FCC commissioner Ajit Pai said Tuesday that the FCC should not apply 20th century legacy regulation to an increasingly IP-delivered communications world, starting with closing the Title II docket.

The FCC is said to be wrapping up its order lifting the prohibition on digital basic-tier encryption.

Commissioners were said to be working on statements at press time and the chairman was said to be pushing to get the order out by end of day. According to a high-placed source, the vote will be 5-0, but with some concurrences.

The National Association of Broadcasters weighed in Wednesday to correct what it called factual and legal inaccuracies offered up by some multichannel video programming distributors in the FCC's request for input on its next annual status of video competition report.

NAB says the retransmission consent regime is working fine and increasing the quantity, quality and diversity of programming.

FCC Commissioners weighed in Friday with statements on their unanimous vote to sunset the program access rules' ban on exclusive contracts between cable operators and their affiliated programming networks. Following are excerpts from those statements, except for the chairman's, which is presented in full.  The order had not yet been issued at press time.