FCC Chairman Julius Genachowkski may want to lock the top execs of Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) and News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). in a room until they a… Read more »
Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) internet customers lost access to Fox.com and Fox programming on Hulu for a time Saturday afternoon — the result of… Read more »
Updated Our old friends push and shove are back. Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) subs who rely on Fox stations in New York, Philadelphia and New Jer… Read more »
Verizon Wireless will be refunding 15 million cellphone customers up to $90 million in total for wrongfully charging for data or Internet ch… Read more »
Consumers have seen the benefits of stiff wireless competition in the U.S. and as a result, paid 50 percent less in 2009 than they did in 19… Read more »
In an effort to put to rest reports in the NYTimes last week that they are collaborating on pay tiers for the internet, Google (NSDQ: GOOG)… Read more »
The Federal Communications Commission informed Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) and NBCU that on July 6 it had officially re-started the shot clock on… Read more »
The Federal Communications Commission has named Douglas Sicker as chief technologist. Chairman Julius Genachowski said in announcing the app… Read more »
President Barack Obama signed a presidential memorandum today that is expected to double the amount of spectrum available for wireless broad… Read more »
The FCC announced plans today to Read more »
Telegraphed for weeks, the FCC’s vote on an inquiry into Title II classification of broadband (and other options) came as no surprise. As a… Read more »
Senator Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), chair of the Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee, is calling for a raft of strong conditions on any Comcast/… Read more »
Facing a tough crowd at the Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Theater in LA this morning, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski tried to convince cablers his week… Read more »
A Federal Communications Commission rule change has granted two big wishes to the Hollywood film studios on Friday. Rejecting pleas from cin… Read more »
Caught between a previous regime’s decision on how to define broadband and a recent federal court decision that the Federal Communications C… Read more »
Post-MSG Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) turned in another strong quarter, defining why analyst Craig Moffet calls it a “cash machine. Profit for Q1… Read more »
By John Eggerton: FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski will unveil on May 6 the commission’s legal approach to clarifying its authority to regula… Read more »
Critics of the NBC Universal-Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) merger who wanted the Federal Communications Commission to extend the response deadline p… Read more »
Usually I watch Congressional hearings on webcasts, an amazing gift for those of us who reported before live streaming. Today through a fluk… Read more »
A dozen broadcasters escalated their mobile TV efforts yesterday after forming a joint venture that included financial and content commitmen… Read more »
Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg thinks the Federal Communications Commission should not try to get spectrum back from broadcasters, that there w… Read more »
Over the past few years satellite distributor DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) serially has been under the control of two of the most powerful men in med… Read more »
A federal court has determined that the FCC does not have the authority to enforce so-called net neutrality rules, which requires broadband… Read more »
Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) frequently brags about how much spectrum it has at its disposal, and how easy it will be to deliver a ton of video an… Read more »
The FCC is working on a plan that would sell a chunk of spectrum in the first half of 2011 that failed to be sold in 2008 because of the str… Read more »
As promised, the FCC has released its proposal for a National Broadband Plan that it will deliver to Congress tomorrow. In the six-page exec… Read more »
Looking for real-time data of its own, the FCC (yes, the regulatory body in Washington, D.C.) has released a mobile app for iPhone and Andro… Read more »
In an appearance this morning at a Seattle breakfast event, former FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, now a partner at Patton Boggs, was careful not… Read more »
In less than a month from now, the FCC will deliver a National Broadband Plan to Congress and the President, which may include a way to free… Read more »
T-Mobile, Sprint (NYSE: S), AT&T (NYSE: T), Verizon, and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) have responded to a federal inquiry that is investigating fees… Read more »
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has lowered its “equipment recovery fee” to $150 from $350 when customers drop its Nexus One phone before their contract… Read more »
With a lengthy pitch on the public interest value of creating a new content-focused joint venture that will boost quantity, quality, diversi… Read more »
After weighing in on how to handle early-termination fees for about a year, the FCC has finally formalized its inquiries by sending letters… Read more »
Sports fans with satellite subscriptions may finally get access to some regional sports networks that cable programmers — particularly thos… Read more »
Julius Genachowski lives in the now and looks to the if/when. During a pointed Q&A with CEA head Gary Shapiro at CES, the still-new chairman… Read more »
Once again, talking about Apple’s future as a multichannel video distributor is all the rage. But people familiar with the discussions betwe… Read more »
Verizon Wireless explained to the FCC today why it doubled the fee it charges to consumers when they leave their contracts early.
The answ… Read more »
President Obama sent text messages to his supporters during the election, and now he’s preparing to send messages to all citizens regarding… Read more »
Over the past year, the FCC has begun cracking down on the wireless industry by opening up several inquiries, ranging from wireless billing… Read more »
The effort to win regulatory approval for Comcast’s acquisition of 51 percent of NBCU kicked into gear with the deal’s announcement, startin… Read more »
