Senate Forcing FCC on Multicasting
A bill expected to clear the Senate in a few days includes a provision that would require the Federal Communications Commission to quickly re
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McCain: Partial Spectrum-Return Guarantee
The Senate adopted an amendment Wednesday that would require some TV stations to give up spectrum by 2008 to accommodate the communications n
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Barton Wants Probe of TV News
Reacting to problems at CBS News over the broadcast of allegedly forged documents damaging to President Bush’s military record, House Energ
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NCTA Touts Cable’s HD Expansion
A total of 177 of the United States’ 210 TV markets, including all of the top 100 DMAs, can now receive HDTV from their local cable operato
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NCTA, NAB Battle EchoStar HDTV Legislation
The cable and broadcast industries are teaming up to undercut an HDTV plan supported by EchoStar Communications Corp. that was included in sa
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FCC Grants NYC License to Cablevision Affiliate
DTV Norwich LLC, an affiliate of Cablevision Systems Corp., received a Federal Communications Commission license for wireless services in New
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Parents Still Unhappy with TV Sex, Violence
A new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 63% of parents surveyed favor new regulations to limit the amount of sex and violence
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CBS Fined $550K for Jackson Breast Exposure
The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday proposed to fine 20 CBS-owned stations $550,000 combined for violating federal indecency rule
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Lifetime Applauds Senate for Rape DNA Bill
Lifetime Television joined The National Center for Victims of Crime and The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network in recognizing the Sena
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Panel Scraps McCain DTV-Transition Deadline
The Senate Commerce Committee voted Wednesday to scrap a plan sponsored by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) that would have ended the digital-TV tr
