Broadcasting&Cable
Sens Warner, Rubio Seek Report on China's Impact on 5G Standards (Broadcasting&Cable)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Sun, 03/03/2019 - 20:05Vice President Pence Echos Trump Media Marginalization (Broadcasting&Cable)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Sun, 03/03/2019 - 20:05A Federal Data Privacy Framework?
The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing a federal data privacy law -- and displayed the same political divide that appeared in a House hearing earlier in the week. Republicans and industry witnesses warned against a "patchwork" of potentially conflicting state privacy regimes, perhaps most notably the California privacy law that takes effect in 2020. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) and various witnesses from the telecommunications and computer industries talked throughout about needing strong federal regulation, addressing concern that stronger state regulations
House Privacy Hearing Shows Representatives United on Privacy, Divided on Details
The House Consumer Protection Subcommittee hearing on privacy showcased both the bipartisan call for federal legislation and the reason a bipartisan bill will be no slam dunk. Republican representatives talked about privacy, but also about the need to protect small businesses, the targeted-ad based internet economy, and talked up the wisdom of preempting state attempts to regulate privacy that veer into the feds lane.
Charter: FCC should auction midband satellite spectrum, rather than C-Band alliance's proposal of 'backroom deals' (Broadcasting&Cable)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 02/25/2019 - 11:20GOP House Commerce Leaders Urge Bipartisan Engagement on Net Neutrality Bills
House Commerce Committee Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications Subcommittee Ranking Member Bob Latta (R-OH), and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Ranking Member Cath McMorris Rogers (R-WA) wrote to Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Communications Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) to engage on three network neutrality bills the Republican Reps have offered up, describing them as a "menu of options to get started" on a "bipartisan solution."
2019 Appropriations Bill Directs FCC to Review TV Ratings System and Report Back in 90 Days (Broadcasting&Cable)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 02/21/2019 - 13:16Congress Directs FCC to Review TV Market Modification Petitions
The recently passed 2019 Appropriations bill (the bill that avoided a second government shutdown) was a massive tome that included directing the Federal Communications Commission to provide a "full analysis" of its treatment of market modification petitions. Those are petitions by broadcasters or satellite operators or county officials to modify a market so that satellite viewers in a Nielsen market that crosses state lines can get local news and sports from TV stations from another Nielsen market in their own state instead.