The Morning Lowdown 08.10.10
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» Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has been doing some soul-searching about how deeply it can and should delve in to mining the data its colle… Read more »
Google, Verizon Talk About Potential For A ‘Differentiated’ Internet
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 »
Google To FTC: Government Role In Helping News Industry Should Be Limited
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) just posted its response to proposals the FTC has said it is looking into in order to support the “reinvention of journa… Read more »
FCC Resumes Its Review Of The Comcast-NBCU JV
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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 »
Comcast Promises $20 Million Minority Venture Fund As Part Of NBCU Merger
As part of its lobbying efforts to get approval — and acceptance — for its pending merger with NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), Comcast (NSDQ: CM… Read more »
Google, Facebook Facing Further European Scrutiny
Who’d be a big American web company in Europe?
Two of the biggest, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and Facebook, have been facing scrutiny in the union… Read more »
FCC Names Chief Technologist
The Federal Communications Commission has named Douglas Sicker as chief technologist. Chairman Julius Genachowski said in announcing the app… Read more »
Greek Plan To Tax Web Ads At 21.5 Percent Draws Fire
One way Greece hopes to extricate itself from its economic crisis? Tax its news websites.
In pension reform law due to be voted upon by par… Read more »
It May Take 10 Years, But Obama Agrees To Increase Wireless Broadband
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President Barack Obama signed a presidential memorandum today that is expected to double the amount of spectrum available for wireless broad… Read more »
FCC Stops Comcast-NBCU Shot Clock Again
The FCC is stopping the shot clock on the Comcast-NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) merger for a second time. Thursday, June 24, had been day 50 on w… Read more »
Fallout: France Provides Details On WiFi Data Google Collected
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So, what did the private WiFi data that Google disclosed last month it had been mistakenly collecting consist of? French data protection off… Read more »
Marketers Test ‘Better Advertising’ Seal In Bid To Stave Off Regs
Just as ad agencies and marketers descend on the south of France this week for the 57th annual Cannes Lions advertising festival, advertiser… Read more »
FCC Plans To Unleash Additional Spectrum For Mobile Broadband
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The FCC announced plans today to Read more »
FCC OKs Process For Changing Way ISPs Are Regulated
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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 »
Federal Investigators Voice Worries About AOL’s Sale Of ICQ To Russia’s DST
An arm of the U.S Treasury is looking into concerns about AOL’s pending $187.5 million sale of instant messaging service ICQ to Russian inve… Read more »
Freeview Allowed To Use DRM To Curtail Online Piracy
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Ofcom is allowing the BBC to operate its Freeview HD multiplex in such a way that only TV receivers and set-top boxes with built-in digital… Read more »
FTC Probe Into Apple’s Mobile Ad Practices Now Official
What a strange world we live in, where the dominant players in an industry can literally flip-flop overnight with the underdogs.
First, th… Read more »
Senator Wants Comcast To Sell Hulu Stake As Merger Condition
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 »
Ofcom Fines DMGT £225,000 For Closing Teletext
By Mark Sweney: Daily Mail (LSE: DMGT) & General Trust has been fined £225,000 by media regulator Ofcom for closing the Teletext TV servic… Read more »
CNN-YouTube Tie-Up Broke UK Broadcasting Rules
A CNN International debate programme that took viewers’ questions via YouTube broke UK rules by offering product placement and sponsorship t… Read more »
Project Canvas Clears OFT Scrutiny In Strange Ruling
The Office of Fair Trading has taken two months to rule that… it is not supposed to investigate the BBC’s proposed Project Canvas connecte… Read more »
Google ‘Mistakenly’ Collected Private Web Data As Part Of Street View
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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) says that contrary to its prior statements it has in fact been collecting private information sent over Wi-Fi networks,… Read more »
FCC’s Genachowski: We’re At The ‘Pre-Beginning’ With Third Way
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 »
EU Is The Latest To Criticize Facebook’s Privacy Changes
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Poor Facebook. It’s in the midst of a very loud uprising by the tech elite over its latest batch of privacy changes — and it’s still being… Read more »
Facebook Adds A Former FTC Chairman To Its D.C. Team
With calls growing for the FTC to look into Facebook’s privacy practices, the social network has now enlisted a former FTC chairman to make… Read more »
FCC Lets Hollywood Distribute First Run Films As VOD — And Block Copying
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A Federal Communications Commission rule change has granted two big wishes to the Hollywood film studios on Friday. Rejecting pleas from cin… Read more »
FCC’s Genachowski Tries To Carve A ‘Third Way’ For Regulating ISPs
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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 »
Cablevision’s Cable Ad Revs Up 35 Percent, Newsday Down But Losses Narrow
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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 »
Broadband Content Bits: CNBC On Livestation, EC Market, Spotify, Five VOD
– CNBC on Livestation: The freemium live TV news aggregator app and website is adding CNBC to its subscription service, cost: Read more »
The Cost Of Front Page Regime Change – YouTube: £50k?, The Sun: Priceless
There’s publicity money can’t buy, and then there’s influence that certainly does have a price…
In two last-minute attempts to influence… Read more »
FCC Will Try ‘Title II Lite’ Approach to Web Regulation
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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 »
Why The FTC Should Allow The Google-AdMob Merger
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The Federal Trade Commission is expected to make a decision as early as this week on whether to allow Google’s $750 million acquisition of A… Read more »
Feds Scrutinize Apple’s New Developer Rules For Antitrust Violations
Regulators from the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice are looking into the possibility of starting an antitrust in… Read more »
HTC Will Pay Royalties To Microsoft For Android Phones
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While one company sues, another partners.
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) said today that its long-standing handset partner, HTC, which makes both W… Read more »
Privacy Watchdogs Call On Google For Tighter Controls
By Paul Harris: Britain’s privacy watchdog has joined senior government officials from nine other countries to push Google (NSDQ: GOOG) to a… Read more »
FCC Stops The Comcast-NBCU Clock, Wants More Info; Opponents Get More Time
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Critics of the NBC Universal-Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) merger who wanted the Federal Communications Commission to extend the response deadline p… Read more »
Updated: FCC’s Genachowski Pitches Broadband Plan To Senate In Wake Of Comcast Ruling
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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 »
FCC Says Broadcasters Can Roll Out Mobile TV And Give Up Spectrum, Too
A dozen broadcasters escalated their mobile TV efforts yesterday after forming a joint venture that included financial and content commitmen… Read more »
IAB Hopes To Head Off Regs With ‘Transparency Seal’
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With the online ad industry’s self-policing regime constantly under attack from privacy advocates and lawmakers, the Interactive Advertising… Read more »
European Telcos Want Search Engines To Pay For Net Use
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When O2 parent Telefonica’s CEO suggested, during a Bilbao press conference back in February, that maybe search engines should pay him for u… Read more »
