Michael Copps goes to Boston to sound consolidation alarms
Copps believes that consolidated media companies began pillaging their journalism staffs for profit well before the internet..RBR-TVBR observation: We absolutely disagree with one of Copps
FCC waives deadline on waivers
But only for 30 days. Media companies interested in commenting on an extension of their waivers to operate newspaper/broadcast business combinations have an extra month to put together their thoughts
Defining The ‘CTCSRPAB’
What the heck is 'CTCSRPAB'?? For one, it has nothing to do with the CRTC, Canada's equivalent of the FCC. However, it has everything to with the FCC and how to avoid a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture. Media Information Bureau featured columnist Ken Benner explains what that acronym stands for in this column, which results from a request from an RBR+TVBR Member.
Comcast, County Argue Over Rates
Comcast of Potomac is fighting local cable rate regulation.
Martin front and center?
The center we're thinking about is the one in the center of a dart board commonly called a bullseye. FCC Chairman has an Open...
A Path To Tech Industry Employment Focus of FCC Virtual Summit
"A Road Map to Tech Jobs." That's what to be offered on January 15 in a virtual Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment (ACDDE) summit from the FCC group that will see the involvement, among others, of the Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council (MMTC).
Pai’s Deep South Swing To Review Diminishing Digital Divide
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is quite the traveler. To commemorate the 103rd birthday of the National Park Service, Pai took to Twitter to post a pic of him hiking up a snowy Half Dome at Yosemite. This week, Pai is hitting the road once again. A visit to a radio station in one small city is on the agenda.
FCC Complexification, And The Complaint Department
Washington's favorite acerbic octogenarian from Arizona is back with another fun column that asks the questions few are willing to voice in public. In this Media Information Bureau column, Ken Benner gifts RBR+TVBR Members with this fact: "Have you recently pulled up the FCC website? If not, please do it now. The first most prominent item that pops up includes how to file a complaint."
Dish Spectrum Discounts may be Yanked
During the AWS-3 auction, allegedly small companies were able to snap up spectrum
Public TV Plays A Principal Role For Emergency Alerts
America’s Public Television Stations and PBS jointly submitted reply comments in response to the FCC’s request for input on the feasibility of including multimedia content in Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) messages. In their view, public television plays a key role in the EAS, WEA and broadcast datacasting systems and supports any material improvements to these systems.
NBC’s Welker Takes Spotlight At FCC Media Diversity Symposium
For viewers of NBC News, any reporting from the White House will usually involve its Chief Correspondent at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., in Washington. On March 7, Kristen Welker won't be addressing an audience in front of the camera. Rather, she'll be live at the FCC's media diversity symposium.
FTC Puts Green Claims on a Short Leash
Many United States citizens, quite commendably, are socially aware
Obama putting FCC wheels in motion?
A staffer at Wiley Rein & Fielding is neither confirming nor denying a report that attorney and former Democratic FCC Commissioner Henry Rivera will be named by president-elect Barack Obama to head the
More Congressional Support For LRFA
Four Members of the House of Representatives and one Senator have added their support to a resolution opposing "any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge" on local broadcast radio stations.
FCC grants one Hispanic TV rep waiver, considers another
Liberman Television applied for and received an FCC waiver allowing its Estrella TV network to also act as a sales representative for its affiliated...