CommComm set to tee up DTV
The five FCC Commissioners, who just visited the House side of Capitol Hill yesterday, will get a break from the Senate at today's DTV...
Martin shares public’s interest in public interest
The broadcast community received a little bit of attention in yesterday's House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet session with the five FCC commissioners....
Hill hot seats for the Commissioners
As expected, everybody on the guest list for the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet will have something in common: an office on the...
FEC gets ready to translate court ruling
The Supreme Court ruled last month that corporations and unions have wide discretion in the funding and airing of issue-oriented advertising. "Where the First...
Indecency vote gets unanimous thumbs up
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) received a swift up-or-down vote on S. 1780 yesterday afternoon in the Senate Commerce Committee. It's very narrow thrust is to...
Good Karma dodges a pet peeve
Craig Karmazin, not Mel, found himself on the defensive in a recent FCC proceeding for a most unusual set of chargers. According to Harmony...
Back in the Telecom/Internet saddle
It may become cost-effective at some point to install a row of lockers in the green room of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and...
FTC opens childhood obesity examination
And you can bet that commercials aimed at children will be a big part of the all-day session at the Federal Trade Commission Conference...
Bill so FCC can fleece a fleeting utterance
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) is not going after violent content with S. 1780, the "Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act." He and his co-sponsors, Ted...
FEC admonishes political campaign
Steven Porter, who ran for Congress in 2004, was attempting to unseat Phil English (R-PA) in Pennsylvania's 3rd District. And it turns out he...
Q2 fundraising results are in
The new results are in on the Federal Election Commission presidential fundraising map, and it shows a trajectory clearly favoring the Democratic candidates. At...
Reps concerned about private equity deals
A pair of powerful US Reps are concerned about private equity companies, saying the term "suggests a financial management style focused on cutting costs,...
More trouble for Commerce elephants
It has been a very rough patch for Republicans on the Senate Commerce Committee, and each situation has been a snowflake, completely unrelated to...
MMTC looks to tweak intact cluster rule
The Minority Media & Telecommunications Council says that the new rules on transferring grandfathered clusters have not had the desired effect of increasing ownership...
MIM: Mum’s the word, if its *#^%
Meanwhile, the decency watchdogs are helping to pump up the volume in this area. Parents Television Council's Tim Winter condemned the vote turning down...