NAB remains vigilant in the halls of Washington
The National Association of Broadcasters has had its hands full in Washington representing the views of its members in the halls of Congress and...
New York Times advocates alternative piracy bill
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-CA) have introduced The Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade (OPEN) Act as a replacement...
RTDNA weighs in on FCC reporting requirements
Some may think that the quest for information about news programming by the FCC is a noble cause, but members of the Radio Television...
FCC Chairman details extent of backlog diminishment
One of the primary areas of concern of Republican members of the House Committee on Commerce and Energy has been the sea of paperwork...
Conflict continues between senator and FCC
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has been trying to learn about the FCC dealings involving the LightSquared project, and has asked that his staff be allowed to meet with a departing FCC executive
Another FCC meeting, another broadcast snoozer
The FCC hasn’t even held the January Open Meeting yet, but is already out with a preliminary agenda for the February Open Meeting. And...
FCC opens 2012 with slim open meeting agenda
The FCC of Julius Genachowski has been cooking with gas when it comes to broadband issues, but when it comes to broadcasting the action...
Feds brew up a consumer protection alphabet soup
It seems that the FTC, which has been around for awhile, will have some overlapping areas of jurisdiction with the CFPB, which is brand...
Key legislators decry Citizens United ruling
The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act is indelibly linked to its two senatorial sponsors, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and former Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI). Over...
SOPA and PIPA exhibit extreme toxicity
The blackout day staged Wednesday 1/18/12 by a multitude of popular websites sent denizens of Capitol Hill scurrying away from the two main anti-piracy...
When the FCC asks for info, supply it
This isn’t a broadcast story so much as it is an FCC licensee story, and there is a lesson in here for anybody who...
SOPA/PIPA hitting very tough sledding
The website blackout going on 1/18/12 appears to be getting the attention of lawmakers in Washington. Members of both houses of Congress, including more than a few Republicans, are pulling
FCC adopts closed captioning protocol for internet video
The new FCC rules mandating closed captioning for certain video programming found on the internet is in response to legislation -- the Twenty-First Century...
White House has problems with anti-piracy bills
Both the US Senate and the House of Representatives are in full-fledged wrangling mode over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), the PROTECT IP...
Administration proposes downsizing by consolidation
President Barack Obama is seeking permission from Congress to do some nipping and tucking to the bureaus and agencies of the executive branch of...