Broadcasting&Cable
NCTA to FCC: Don't Expand USF Contribution Base to ISPs
Cable broadband operators are telling the Federal Communications Commission that it should not start making them pay into the Universal Service Fund, especially given the tens of billions of dollars in broadband subsidies the Biden Administration has offered up in COVID-19 and infrastructure laws.
More Americans Streaming Than Watching Pay TV, Survey Finds (Broadcasting&Cable)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 02/10/2022 - 14:18FCC Home Page Goes AWOL on Google (Broadcasting&Cable)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 12/03/2021 - 14:21Byron Allen Urges Senate To Confirm Gigi Sohn to FCC (Broadcasting&Cable)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 11/29/2021 - 13:5155 Million Homes Only Watch Connected TV: Magnite (Broadcasting&Cable)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 10/25/2021 - 13:16Television Network Affiliates to FCC: Streaming Needs Retransmission Rules (Broadcasting&Cable)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 10/13/2021 - 12:19TV Parental Guidelines Board Calls for Content-Based ‘TV Ratings’ for Streaming Services (Broadcasting&Cable)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 09/28/2021 - 14:16Cable providers push back against Biden's new broadband need map
Cable broadband operators represented by NCTA - the Internet & Television Association are no fans of the Biden Administration's new "Indicators of Broadband Need" mapping tool recently unveiled by the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA). NCTA reiterated its longstanding support of federal efforts to create broadband mapping tools, but said that the NTIA's new map takes from unreliable and inaccurate data sources.
National Association of Broadcasters on TV White Spaces: No More Microsoft Hand-Outs for 'Failing Experiment'
The National Association of Broadcasters took the gloves off in a recent meeting with Federal Communications Commission engineering staffers over TV white spaces (TVWS) -- the use of small slices of spectrum set aside for broadcasting for unlicensed uses like wireless broadband -- calling it a failing experiment. Microsoft has been pushing the FCC to allow unlicensed devices operating in the TV band to do so closer to existing TV channels, but NAB told the engineering staffers that Microsoft's proposal on how to determine if a channel is available for unlicensed use is disingenuous and in s