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.
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Seventh Circuit: Modem-Fee Case to State Court
In a victory for local regulators, a Federal Appeals Court panel in Chicago ruled Friday that cable-modem litigation between the city of Chic
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NCTA: Problems with Cable-Ready DTVs
Some consumers are having problems with their digital plug-and-play TV sets due to mistakes by consumer-electronics companies, the National C
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Cities Losing Nearly $500M in Modem Fees
America’s cities are losing nearly $500 million yearly in the wake of a decision by federal regulators to block local regulation of cable-
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EarthLink: Reject Modem Case
EarthLink Inc. is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a Bush administration appeal of a case that voided an attempt by federal regulators
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Abernathy Undecided on Multicast Must-Carry
Federal Communications Commission member Kathleen Abernathy said she is undecided on whether cable companies should carry all programming ser
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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
