Copps Blasts Sinclair Over Anti-Kerry Film
Federal Communications Commission member Michael Copps blasted Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.’s plan to air an anti-John Kerry film next wee
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Roberts Reaches Out to Bells
Cable and phone companies should unite behind a set of deregulatory policies that aim for rough but not absolute parity between the two indus
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Turner to FCC: Tiers Make the Most Sense
Forcing a la carte sale requirements on cable operators would undermine efficiencies afforded by programming tiers, including the ability of
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NCTA Rips Report on a la Carte Lobbying
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association Friday condemned a report alleging that cable money induced civil-rights groups and m
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FCC Launches DTV-Awareness Campaign
The federal government’s effort to switch the country to all-digital TV entered a new phase this past week with an emphasis on consumer edu
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Hollings’ Cable-Violence Provision Dropped
Lawmakers killed a proposal Thursday that could have banned violent programming on many cable networks between 6 a.m.-10 p.m. and called for
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A Capital Week for Lifetime
Lifetime Television was all over our nation’s capital this week.
The network touted Wednesday’s passage of the Jus
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House Clears DBS Bill with Two-Dish Ban
The House approved satellite copyright-renewal legislation Wednesday that gives EchoStar Communications Corp. just one year to convert all lo
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Burke Gets the (National Show) Chair
Comcast Corp. chief operating officer and Comcast Cable Communications Inc. president Stephen B. Burke was named chair of the 2005 National S
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Comcast: Multicasting’s Hurdles `Insurmountable’
Forcing cable systems to carry every digital service beamed by local TV stations would face “insurmountable” legal hurdles, Comcast Corp.
