Today's FCC Meeting
[SOURCE: Federal Communications Commission]
February 2006
Consumers Benefit from A La Carte
[SOURCE: Federal Communications Commission]
Reaction to FCC A La Carte Report
* Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska): "If a la carte is not more expensive for consumers, I will support an effort to take such an approach, subject to discussions with providers on the downside of such a process."
http://commerce.senate.gov/newsroom/printable.cfm?id=251382
Booz Allen Defends Study
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Lawmakers Abandon Talks On Universal Service Bill
[SOURCE: Technology Daily, AUTHOR: David Hatch]
Broadband: A link to the outside world
[SOURCE: The Hill, AUTHOR: Sen Conrad Burns]
Prospects Dim for Franchise Bill This Session
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Prospects may be dimming for federal legislation creating a national video franchising scheme. In a policymaker interview scheduled to air on C-SPAN's Communicator series Saturday (6:30 p.m.), Verizon executive Tom Tauke, himself a former Member of Congress, said that while he believes there is "very strong" support for national legislation, there may not be enough days left in the legislative session.
Saving the Internet
[SOURCE: The Hill, AUTHOR: Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA)]
Fresh US outrage ahead of China Internet hearings
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Joel Rothstein and Eric Auchard]
Feingold Requests Payola Hearing
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]