FCC wants a definition for MVPD and channel
A battle over program access between Sky Angel US and Discovery Communications over carriage of the latter’s Animal Planet basic cable offering has the...
Michael Copps gets his watchdog tags
Former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps gained a measure of fame in communications circles when he used his position to wage a relentless campaign against...
House approves FCC reform bill
H.R. 3309 has cleared one legislative hurdle – it carried on the floor of the full House of Representatives by a largely partisan vote...
Latino watchdog faults FCC on hiring
One of the long-standing goals of the FCC is to increase ethnic and gender diversity among the licensees it regulates, but National Hispanic Media...
Extended reply period on quadrennial review
What’s a couple of weeks when the entire proceeding seems to be a couple of years behind schedule? The comment period for The 2010...
FCC auctions: If you play you gotta pay
The FCC is about to put over 100 FM allotments up for auction during the final week of March, so the bill it has...
Fred Upton gets a helping hand
It’s not easy being a moderate these days, or even anything less than a full-throttle ideologue sometimes. For House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman...
FCC reform bill headed for House floor
Republican members of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology passed bills to change the ways the FCC functions; and the full Committee on Energy...
FCC targets MSS spectrum for mobile broadband
The television band is a prominent target for spectrum repurposing to meet the demand for mobile broadband, and now it has company on the...
FCC Commissioners going to NAB Show
Much of Washington will be in Las Vegas soon for the 2012 NAB Show, and that includes the entire commissioner-level population of the FCC...
San Diego TV off the hook for 2008 captioning fine
When an emergency is in progress, local broadcasters time and time again step up and provide critical and sometimes life-saving information. Such was the...
Supremes shy away from TV for health care case
The health care package passed by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama is
Sen. Grassley keeping FCC nominees in limbo
The nominations of Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai have been frozen by a single disgruntled senator
FCC Chairman booked at NAB Las Vegas
Julius Genachowski will be in Las Vegas for the 2012 NAB Show. The trade group announced that the FCC Chair
FCC waves through another failing-station waiver
Did you know that although a surfer may go to the beach and instantly catch a wave, it is nigh unto impossible for a...