Policy

FCC Grants Bells Fiber-to-Curb Relief

The Baby Bells scored a broadband victory Thursday at the Federal Communications Commission when the agency ruled that fiber deployments feed

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FCC Moves to Bolster Powerline Broadband

The Federal Communications Commission adopted rules Thursday with the goal of transforming every electrical outlet in the country into a high

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Time Warner: Bells Violating Numbering Rules

Time Warner Inc. is accusing the Baby Bells of frustrating phone competition by refusing to transfer existing phone numbers when customers wa

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NCTA Fighting for Digital Downconversion

The cable industry’s leading trade group is advocating a federal policy that would give cable operators the option to convert digital-broad

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FCC Hits Fox Stations with $1.1M Indecency Fine

The Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday that it was proposing to fine Fox Television Network affiliates a combined $1.1 million fo

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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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