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
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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
