State Laws/Franchising

Boucher Favors ‘Net Neutrality’ Law

By: By Ted Hearn Aug 8 2005 - 11:47am

Congress needs to pass a law that punishes cable companies nabbed for interfering with lawful commercial activity on their high-speed Internet-access networks, Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) said in a statement Monday, reviving his support for “Net Neutrality” rules.

Barton Expects Cable Indecency Law

By: By Ted Hearn Apr 19 2004 - 10:25am

Las Vegas -- The cable industry can expect to be regulated under federal indecency rules sometime in the "foreseeable future," House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Joe Barton (R-Texas) said Monday at the National Association of Broadcasters’ annual convention here.

Barton -- a lawmaker with the clout to make or break such legislation -- said current laws that fine TV and radio stations but not cable operators for indecent programming were unfair and would likely need to be expanded to include pay TV providers.

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