Another Comcast/NBCU road show on the calendar
A third sponsor is putting together a third beyond-the-Beltway public gathering to discuss the proposed merger of Comcast and NBC Universal. But although this...
FCC Commissioners headed for Capitol Hill
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is going to take a look at the universal service fund and how it relates to...
Commerce says hello to bi-bi communications meetings
A series of staff-hosted sessions is on the schedule, and it will be both bicameral and bipartisan. Leadership from both parties in both US...
FCC opens Notice of Inquiry on 3rd way internet regulation
A party-line three-two vote of the five FCC commissioners has paved the way for a notice of inquiry into the adoption of limited Title II regulatory powers with which
Bloomberg wants more time to look at Comcast/NBCU
Part of the financial reporting operation of Bloomberg LP is Bloomberg TV. It and Fox Business Network are already chasing CNBC in terms of ratings...
Another small station pays for late license renewal
The FCC rules are the FCC rules, whether you operate a behemoth broadcast group with outposts from coast to coast, or a small backwater...
Quadrennial review comment deadline set
The FCC’s announcement of its Congressionally-mandated periodic look into media ownership rules and regulations has officially been published in the Federal Register.That opens up...
Julius Genachowski's 3rd way to an open internet on the FCC agenda
Once again, it'll be all broadband all the time at the next FCC Open Meeting, on the calendar for Thursday 6/17/10 at 10:30 AM eastern time. The commissioners
Pennsylvania legislators sign Comcast lobbyist-written letter
The Philadelphia Inquirer has published a report saying that 15 members of the 18-seat Pennsylvania delegation to the House of Representatives signed a letter...
FCC gives broadcast engineers a spectrum forum
Architects of the National Broadband Plan have been salivating over the prospect of repurposing broadcast-occupied spectrum. But to its credit, the FCC is giving...
Gross trumps profit when seeking FCC fine reductions
A station hit with a $7K fine for a late license renewal asked for a reduction based on inability to pay. The owner of...
Markey’s communications access bill up for hearing
The House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet will be holding a hearing Thursday 6/10/10 to consider Ed Markey’s (D-MA) H.R. 3101, the...
Rockefeller set to consider measure to mute commercials
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) is convening an executive session of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation during which a number of bills and...
NRB calls on FCC to retain cable must-carry
Cable operators may feel a need to keep the affiliates of national broadcast networks on their channel lineup, but that may not be the...
EMF prevails in 2nd adjacent FM translator dispute
Noncommercial Educational Media Foundation received the FCC go-ahead to put a 10-watt FM translator in New Albany IN, two dial clicks away from WFLP-FM...