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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Pappas Calls for Violence Regulations
Breaking ranks with its trade group, Pappas Telecasting Cos. is calling for federal regulation of violent TV programming that would apply to
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NCTA: Cable Protected from Violence Regs
TV-violence regulations applied to cable operators would violate the First Amendment even if their justification was to shield children from
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NHL: Exempt Us from TV-Violence Regs
The locked-out National Hockey League, which sees its players routinely drop their gloves and leave blood and teeth on the ice, said televise
