Policy

Supreme Court Takes Brand X Case

The U.S. Supreme Court Friday agreed to hear a case that will likely decide whether the federal government can shield cable-modem service fro

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Powell: Regs Would Hike Modem Rates

Applying traditional phone-industry rules to cable-modem service would raise consumer rates by about 10%, Federal Communications Commission c

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Comcast Floats New Set-Top Deadline

Comcast Corp. is floating a proposal that would give cable operators until at least 2008 to discontinue the deployment of set-tops with integ

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Pa. Nixes Municipal Telecom Overbuilds

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has approved an amendment of state telecommunications policy that includes clauses that will prevent municipal o

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Comcast Seeking Dallas Deregulation

Comcast Corp. is seeking total rate deregulation in a large segment of the Dallas market, according to filings the Philadelphia-based company

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NCTA Raises TV-Interference Concerns

Allowing unlicensed wireless-Internet providers to share broadcast-TV spectrum could disrupt cable-system access to TV stations that have man

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Bright House Seeking ‘Naked’ DSL Ruling

Bright House Networks, a Florida-based cable company, is making a play to require all incumbent phone companies to sell digital-subscriber-li

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Cox, WAM! Hold Town-Hall TV Meeting

Cox Communications Inc. of New Orleans and Starz Encore Group LLC’s WAM! America’s Kidz Network want you to “Watch Out!.”

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Court Wants DTV Explanation

A U.S. Appeals Court has ordered the Federal Communications Commission to explain why it hasn't acted on TV broadcasters' requests to force c

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Congress OKs Key Media Bills At the Buzzer

Washington — Congress, a body that often tests positive for procrastination, gets a lot of grief fo

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