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Headlines, Cable
Markey: Wait on Online-Ad-Service Technology
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 24, 2008 - 8:48pmLast updated: June 25, 2008 - 7:34am
House Telecommunications & Internet Subcommittee Chairman Ed Markey (D-MA) has told cable operators and other broadband providers to hold off implementing ad-service technology similar to what Charter Communications was planning to use from online-ad network NebuAd.
Study: TV Not Hurt by Increased Online Time
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 24, 2008 - 8:43pmAccording to a new study by GroupM, people are spending more time online, from a mean average of 27 minutes in 2005 to 46 minutes next year. However, that time spent surfing the Web did not appear to come at the expense of traditional forms of media, such as television.
Online bandwidth hogs to be cut off at trough?
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 24, 2008 - 7:49amThe era of carefree, unlimited Internet browsing and downloading might be coming to an end. Industry leaders Comcast and Time Warner Cable have started testing traffic-metering and management techniques that seek to rein in heavy usage, and AT&T says such limits are inevitable for the most extreme users of its network.
Cable Channels Gain on Broadcast Networks
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 24, 2008 - 7:46amPreliminary figures for advance sales indicate that the cable channels will collectively sell about $8 billion in airtime to advertisers this season, up 7 to 8 percent from last year’s total.
Tough economy might be good for broadcast TV
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 24, 2008 - 7:42amIn uncertain times, Americans cling to their TVs. For those putting their dreams for a new home and car on hold, a flat-screen TV seems like a comforting alternative. The share of consumers planning to buy a TV set in the next six months hit an all-time high of 12.2 percent in May.
Kohl to FCC: Tighten Program-Access Rules
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 23, 2008 - 6:34pmSen Herb Kohl (D-WI) has written Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin to let him know the chairman of the Senate Antitrust Committee wants the FCC to toughen up its program-access rules to make sure that independent programmers don't get squeezed out of the marketplace.
Martin Unhappy with FCC’s Verizon Decision
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 23, 2008 - 6:29pmLast updated: June 24, 2008 - 7:35am
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has written a statement to let everyone know he is not happy with the announcement Saturday that a bipartisan majority of the commission overturned his staff's decision rejecting a cable challenge to Verizon Communications’ marketing practices.
TV stations stand to gain in campaign
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 23, 2008 - 8:06amSen Barack Obama's decision to eschew public campaign funds, and spend as much as he wants on his presidential race, gave television executives a rare opportunity to smile.
FCC sides with cable in Verizon dispute
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 22, 2008 - 3:31pmLast updated: June 23, 2008 - 6:33pm
Apparently, the Federal Communications Commission voted on Friday to bar Verizon Communications from marketing to customers to talk them out of a decision to switch their phone service to cable.
CEA Opposes Waiver For DTA Devices
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 22, 2008 - 3:18pmThe Consumer Electronics Association said Evolution Broadband’s digital-to-analog cable converters should not be granted an exception to the Federal Communication Commission’s separable-security mandate, alleging in a filing with the agency that such a waiver would “harm the public interest.” Evolution Broadband in May asked the FCC for a three-year waiver to the agency’s separable security mandate.
