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Comcast Sets Subscriber Bandwidth Limit
Submitted by Benton Foundation on August 29, 2008 - 9:03amLast updated: August 29, 2008 - 9:04am
Comcast will cap Internet usage of its broadband subscribers at 250 Gigabytes per month -- a very large amount of data, the equivalent of 62,500 digital songs -- starting Oct 1.
Legal Controversy Erupts Over Political TV Ads
Submitted by Benton Foundation on August 29, 2008 - 9:02amLast updated: August 29, 2008 - 9:03am
The American Issues Project has spent nearly $3 million to run one political ad more than 7,000 times in swing states: the largest expenditure by an independent group so far this election cycle.
McCain adviser to appear on "The Communicators"
Submitted by Benton Foundation on August 29, 2008 - 9:01amLast updated: August 29, 2008 - 9:02am
Senior McCain campaign policy adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin will appear on C-CPAN's "The Communicators" on Saturday. He'll say that, if elected President, John McCain is likely to push for a la carte cable pricing.
A Federal Shield Law
Submitted by Benton Foundation on August 29, 2008 - 9:00amLast updated: August 29, 2008 - 9:00am
The Free Flow of Information Act is a law that would protect the relationship between journalists and their sources. The District of Columbia and 49 states already do so.
NAB Says 77% Of Wilmington Residents Recognize Sept 8 Date
Submitted by Benton Foundation on August 29, 2008 - 8:59amLast updated: August 29, 2008 - 8:59am
The National Association of Broadcasters said Thursday that, according to a new poll, 77% of the viewers in Wilmington, N.C., could identify Sept. 8 as the date when the plug would be pulled on analog signals there.
TV's Salvation: Hyper-Local Cross-Platform Content
Submitted by Benton Foundation on August 29, 2008 - 8:57amLast updated: August 29, 2008 - 8:58am
The rebirth of local TV stations as part of a flowering of digital communities is already underway. Many of the best companion-station Web sites provide predictable-but engaging-niche news of their region, and are generating millions in new annual revenues.
Nielsen: Hispanic, Asian TV Homes Outpace Overall TV Household Growth
Submitted by Benton Foundation on August 29, 2008 - 8:56amLast updated: August 29, 2008 - 8:57am
The total number of U.S. TV households for the 2008-2009 season will be 114.5 million, an increase of 1.5% from last year, with Hispanic and Asian homes increasing nearly three times faster than the overall pace, Nielsen said Thursday.
Cablevision Hires Top Martin Aide
Submitted by Benton Foundation on August 29, 2008 - 8:56amLast updated: August 29, 2008 - 8:56am
Cablevision announced Thursday that Catherine Bohigian, a top aide to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin, is joining the company as its top Washington, DC lobbyist. Bohigian, currently chief of the FCC's Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis, was a senior advisor and legal advisor to Martin when he was a regular FCC member from 2001 to 2005.
McCain Seems To Have Obama Beat in One Arena
Submitted by Benton Foundation on August 28, 2008 - 11:39amLast updated: August 28, 2008 - 11:39am
Sen Barack Obama (D-IL) appears to many people to be running a far more tech-wise campaign than his opponent, with his use of text messages to announce his vice-presidential candidate and the creation of his own vibrant social network, My.BarackObama.com.
Obama's VP text message reached 2.9 million people
Submitted by Benton Foundation on August 28, 2008 - 11:38amLast updated: August 28, 2008 - 11:38am
The Obama campaign's highly anticipated text message announcing Joe Biden as the presumptive Democratic nominee's running mate reached 2.9 million U.S. mobile subscribers last weekend, making it "one of the most important text messages" ever and "one of the most successful" branding efforts using mobile devices, according to Nic Covey, director of insights for research firm Nielsen Mobile.
