Policy

White House Against $1B Set-Top Subsidy

The White House is opposed to a plan to use $1 billion to subsidize digital converters and cable connections for consumers who can’t afford

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Sources: VoIP Ruling to Exclude Cable

Despite soaring deregulatory rhetoric from Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell just this week, a pending FCC decision t

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Nevada Cities Bet on Corridor

Corridor Communications Corp. will be the exclusive cable-TV provider to more than 2,300 homes in Tonopah and Beatty, Nev., the company said

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Kids’ Ads Cost Nick, ABC Family $1.5M

The Federal Communications Commission slapped the parent companies of Nickelodeon and ABC Family with stiff fines for running too many commer

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NCTA Joins Gang-Up on EchoStar

The National Cable & Telecommunications Association is joining other trade groups in an effort to gang up on EchoStar Communications Corp

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NCTA Pushing to Keep Integrated Boxes

Cable's top lobbying group is pressing federal regulators to eliminate a rule that would ban the deployment of integrated set-tops after July

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ACA: Big-Media Bundling Raises Rates

Small cable operators are continuing to complain to federal regulators that media conglomerates are using their leverage to reach programming

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Powell: States Can’t Regulate VoIP

Siding with major players like the cable industry, Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell said Tuesday that states should

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Time Warner Seeks Retrans Overhaul

Time Warner Cable wants retransmission consent reformed, claiming that broadcasters are using the process in a manner that is causing cable r

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Bright House Files Complaint vs. Verizon

Bright House Networks -- which launched telephony in its Tampa, Fla., market in June -- has lost 24% of its sign-ups through August because c

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