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As part of the National Broadband Plan, the Federal Communications Commission wants the federal government to look into establishing a "national framework" for taxing digital goods and services.

A Q&A with Charter Communications chief marketing officer Ted Schremp. The cable company is opening a second front in the battle to boost broadband adoption.

Retransmission consent has re-entered the public consciousness in a big way in the past few months. While most programmers believe the system is fair, distributors have their own solutions to end the stalemates.

In a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski, former chairman Michael Powell said that one key part of the national broadband plan should be a "stable regulatory environment," which he said means "to continue the longstanding policy of a light regulatory touch" when it comes to the Internet.

RCN will be acquired by investment fund ABRY Partners for about $1.2 billion in cash, the companies announced Friday.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski Thursday night accepted an award from Common Sense Media.

If you're following developments with the broadband-stimulus program, you may have caught the latest bone of contention with the process that many of us have, particularly those working in the trenches actually trying to get proposals out the door: It's time. There's not nearly enough time between Feb. 16, when applications started to be accepted, and the March 15 final deadline

Bell Canada's Bell TV satellite service said it is offering Quebec customers the chance to choose which channels they want to watch, a la carte.

A federal court denied DirecTV's request for a temporary restraining order against Dish Network seeking to block Dish's "Why Pay More" ad campaign, which the larger satellite operator alleged made...

As part of an expensive lobbying move, Google last week unveiled plans to fund fiber-to-the-home broadband networks in the U.S. that would deliver unprecedented speeds of 1 Gigabit per second....