Incentive auction update at June FCC meeting
There are five items on the agenda being put before the short-handed three-member Federal Communications Commission at the June Open Meeting. None of them...
Can the FCC act on Redskins name change?
A group of prominent communications experts are calling on Washington DC’s non-voting member of the House to push the FCC for action regarding the...
Senators ask FCC to move on sports blackouts
John McCain (R-AZ) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) did not tell Acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn what they would like to see done vis-à-vis the sports...
Wheeler on the Hill: Statements
Only three of those present had the opportunity to speak before the Senate Commerce Committee dug into FCC Chairman nominee Tom Wheeler. There were...
NCTA Washington confab seen as sign of weakness
Typically the big communications organizations hold their conventions at locations all over the map – NAB can be found in Las Vegas once a...
Obama orders agencies to make spectrum available
In the effort to support the propagation of wireless technologies, including improving access to wireless broadband, President Barack Obama has ordered all spectrum-holding federal...
McCain urges Clyburn to consider a la carte
From what we’ve heard, John McCain’s effort to pass legislation to encourage MPVDs to offer a la carte program options to their subscribers is...
FCC issues reminder of capital event
Entrepreneurs looking for “angel investors” to put together the wherewithal to enter the communications business can go to the FCC for information and introductions....
FTC cracks down on time-share resale fraud
There are companies out there that attract time-share owners eager to sell by saying they have ready buyers, demand an upfront payment, and then...
Witnesses named for STELA hearing
We knew that the House Communications Subcommittee was set to delve into satellite television legislation known as STELA – and now we know who’s...
STELA back on the agenda
We wish we could someday write the headline STELA by Starlight, but we can’t. The House Communications and Technology Subcommittee will be looking into...
Auction update at FCC June meeting
There aren’t any rulemakings affecting broadcasters on the agenda when the temporarily slimmed-down panel of FCC commissioners meets in public Thursday 6/27/13. But we...
Rockefeller hails violent content research proposal
Senate Commerce Committee chair Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) favors a multi-pronged approach to the issue of gun violence, and part of that involves the effect...
Legislators ask for CALM Act update
As implementation of the CALM Act heads for the half-year mark, sponsors Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) have asked FCC...
Sen. Lautenberg passes
The state of New Jersey has lost a tireless advocate for local broadcast relevant to the citizens of the state with the passing of...