Regulation Of TV & Entertainment Services
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FCC Broadband Plan: Reactions Pour InJohn Eggerton, March 15, 2010Comments from Washington came pouring over the electronic transom Monday as details of the FCC's national broadband plan were revealed. More
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Charter's Stimulus Planby John Eggerton, March 15, 2010
Charter Communications is opening a second front in the battle to boost broadband adoption.
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FCC Broadband Plan: House To Hold Hearing March 25John Eggerton, March 15, 2010The House Communications & Internet Subcommittee will hold its "first" hearing on the national broadband plan March 25. All five FCC commissioners have been invited. More
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APTS President Sidman ResigningJohn Eggerton, March 15, 2010Larry Sidman, president of the Association of Public Television Stations, is resigning, effective April 1. More
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FCC Wants Its 120 MHz of BC Spectrum By 2015John Eggerton, March 15, 2010The FCC's broadband plan lays out a clear timetable for broadcasters to clear off 120 mhz of spectrum, or about a third of their something over 290 Mhz allocation, which has already been reduced by 108 MHz in the DTV transition, when channels 52-69 were reclaimed. More
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Cablevision Settles Switched Digital Video SuitJohn Eggerton, March 15, 2010Cablevision has agreed to pay $25,000 and inform its customers when it is delivering programming in a two-way, switched-digital-video format that can't be received by unidirectional equipment. More
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FCC Suggests Federal Approach To Taxing Online Digital Goods, ServicesJohn Eggerton, March 15, 2010The FCC wants the federal government to look into establishing a "national framework" for taxing digital goods and services. More
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FCC Wants Broadcasters To Give Back 120 MHz As Part Of Broadband PlanJohn Eggerton, March 15, 2010The FCC is proposing getting 120 MHz back from broadcasters as part of its grand broadband plan. More
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Broadband Plan: Spectrum Fees Could Be Extra Band-Clearing IncentiveJohn Eggerton, March 12, 2010The FCC will propose levying spectrum fees on broadcasters and government users alike as a little incentive to clear off some of their spectrum. More
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Comcast Will Not Appeal Program-Access DecisionJohn Eggerton, March 12, 2010Comcast will not challenge Friday's court decision upholding the FCC's program-access rules. More
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Stearns Wants Answers on Cost of FCC Broadband PlanJohn Eggerton, March 12, 2010A top Republican has fired off a letter to the FCC wondering how much it spent on a broadband plan he says sounds like it reiterates existing evidence that the vast majority of people have broadband, and two-thirds take it. More
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NCTA Outlines Seven Consumer Principles For FCCJohn Eggerton, March 12, 2010Cable operators have counted the ways in which they don't want the FCC to mandate a one-size-fits-all device to turn TV sets into multimedia -- cable, broadcast, Internet -- players. More
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Comcast Critics Say Court Decision Is Only Partial VictoryJohn Eggerton, March 12, 2010Reaction was swift around Washington to the news that a D.C. Federal Appeals Court had declined to overturn the FCC's decision to re-authorize the program access rules, which had been challenged by Cablevision and Comcast.
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Powell to Genachowski: Light Regulatory Touch For BroadbandJohn Eggerton, March 12, 2010In a letter to FCC chairman Julius Genachowski, former chairman Michael Powell said that one key part of the national broadband plan should be a "stable regulatory environment," which he said means "to continue the longstanding policy of a light regulatory touch" when it comes to the Internet. More
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Hundt: Internet Is The New Broadcasting, CableJohn Eggerton, March 12, 2010Former FCC chairman Reed Hundt says broadband plan will mark net as new common medium More
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D.C. Circuit Court Denies Cablevision/Comcast Program-Access ChallengeJohn Eggerton, March 12, 2010
A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Friday denied Cablevision and Comcast's challenge to the program-access rules, according to a copy of the opnion.
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Senate Commerce Committee Holds Comcast-NBCU HearingJohn Eggerton, March 11, 2010A lot of ground was covered, but with less drama than previous hearings, as supporters and opponents of the Comcast-NBCU merger once again converged on Capitol Hill. More
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FCC Launches App To Help Collect Broadband DataJohn Eggerton, March 11, 2010The FCC will enlist the public in monitoring the speed and availability of broadband via its first mobile app. More
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FCC: Retrans Framework Under ReviewJohn Eggerton, March 11, 2010The issue of retransmission consent and whether that process needed fixing was a running theme during the Senate Commerce Committee hearing on the Comcast/NBCU deal Thursday. More
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Hill Getting Broadband Plan Pre-Briefing March 12John Eggerton, March 11, 2010Looks like March 12 can be added to the list of deadlines for the FCC's national broadband plan. More
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