Powell: States Can’t Regulate VoIP
Siding with major players like the cable industry, Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell said Tuesday that states should
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Time Warner Seeks Retrans Overhaul
Time Warner Cable wants retransmission consent reformed, claiming that broadcasters are using the process in a manner that is causing cable r
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Bright House Files Complaint vs. Verizon
Bright House Networks -- which launched telephony in its Tampa, Fla., market in June -- has lost 24% of its sign-ups through August because c
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Pappas Calls for Violence Regulations
Breaking ranks with its trade group, Pappas Telecasting Cos. is calling for federal regulation of violent TV programming that would apply to
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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
