Regulation Of TV & Entertainment Services
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Enforcement Bureau Recommends Denying Comcast Request to Stay Tennis Channel DecisionJohn Eggerton, February 8, 2012The FCC Enforcement Bureau says commission should reject Comcast's request for a stay of the initial decision by an administrative law judge that its tier placement of the Tennis Channel violated the commission's program carriage rules. More
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NCTA: Boxee Is Wrong About Basic Cable EncryptionBy Todd Spangler, February 8, 2012National Cable & Telecommunications Association said Internet-video startup Boxee is "simply wrong" in asserting that changing FCC rules to let cable operators encrypt basic cable channels would hurt consumer choice and limit competition. More
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LightSquared Wants FCC to Set GPS Receiver StandardsJohn Eggerton, February 7, 2012LightSquared has asked the FCC to come up with enforceable reliability standards for unlicensed GPS receivers. More
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Phoenix Center: Fewer Wireless Companies Could Mean Lower PricesJohn Eggerton, February 7, 2012The Phoenix Center has released a policy paper to support the argument that in a world of spectrum constraint, fewer firms -- not more -- providing wireless broadband can actually lead to lower prices and "possibly" increased investment and employment in the sector. More
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SOPA/PIPA Opponents Tell Hill To Scrap Legislation, PeriodJohn Eggerton, February 6, 2012House and Senate antipiracy legislation opponents are pressing their offensive. Having tabled versions of PIPA and SOPA they argued were Internet chillers or killers, they are calling on Congress to essentially to back off any legislative antipiracy efforts at all. More
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House E&C Committee to Hold Hearing on CybersecurityJohn Eggerton, February 6, 2012The House Energy & Commerce Committee cited last month's cyberattacks on the website of the Motion Picture Association of America and the threat to interconnected VoIP as among its reasons for holding a hearing Feb. 8 on cybersecurity threats. More
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Colbert PAC Concentrates on Creative
By John Eggerton and Kent Gibbons, February 6, 2012Political ads produced by Steven Colbert’s Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow Super PAC are clearly all about the creative, though that is all that’s clear in the Colbert Super PAC world, which is now attacking Colbert’s own mock candidacy. More
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Survey: Cable Is a
Political Dynamo By Todd Spangler, February 6, 2012Want to sway voters? Buy an ad on cable TV. More
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Senate to Vet Cable Spectrum Deal By John Eggerton, February 6, 2012Senate Antitrust Subcommittee chairman Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.) said that plans are “well underway” on a hearing on Verizon Wireless’ deal to buy spectrum from cable operators, a spokesperson for the senator confirmed. More
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New Congress Focuses on Online Privacy By John Eggerton, February 6, 2012It didn’t take long for the online privacy issue to heat up in the new session of Congress. More
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NCTA to USDA: Work With FCC on Rural Reforms By John Eggerton, February 6, 2012The National Cable & Telecommunications Association last week advised Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack to work with, not against, the Federal Communications Commission to reform the Universal Service Fund’s highcost program, which supports communications service in rural and hard-to-reach areas. More
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FCC Takes Next Step Toward USF Migration By John Eggerton, February 6, 2012The Federal Communications Commission has taken another step toward shifting phone subsidies to fund broadband service. More
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FCC Clears TWC to
Take Over Insight By John Eggerton, February 6, 2012The Federal Communications Commission has approved Time Warner Cable’s purchase of Insight Communications. More
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New Orleans’ Fox Station Goes Dark on Dish By Mike Farrell, February 6, 2012Dish Network subscribers in the New Orleans market lost access to local Fox affiliate WVUE last Tuesday (Jan. 31), after the satellite-TV provider and the station could not reach a retransmission consent agreement. More
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Comcast: More Bits for the Needy By Todd Spangler, February 6, 2012Can Comcast and other cable operators do well by doing good? More
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ATVA Ad Takes Shot at Rising Retrans Fee as NBC Streams Super Bowl XLVI for FreeMike Reynolds, February 3, 2012
It remains to be seen how many fans will watch the first-ever streamed Super Bowl, or how they react to the second-screen Big Game experience on NBCSports.com and NFL.com.
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Hill: Google Has More Explaining to DoJohn Eggerton, February 3, 2012Look for Google to be invited to testify at a House subcommittee hearing on online privacy in the near future after one key legislator expressed concerns its new privacy policy is not ready for primetime. More
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Super Bowl Preview: Blackout Rule Foes Take Pitch to BuffaloJohn Eggerton, February 3, 2012The Sports Fans Coalition, which has been pushing the FCC to scrub its sports blackout rule, is taking out local ads on NBC and ESPN in Buffalo, N.Y., over the Super Bowl weekend seeking fan support for an end to the blackout. More
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Super Bowl Preview: ICE Seizes Websites Allegedly Pirating NFL GamesJohn Eggerton, February 3, 2012U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has "seized" 16 Websites that it says were illegally streaming sports video, including NFL games More
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Gingrich Campaign Continues Media Bashing to Solicit BucksJohn Eggerton, February 2, 2012Newt Gingrich's campaign continued to hammer on the media as a campaign strategy, specifically relative to fund-raising. More
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