Broadcasting&Cable
FCC Input Could Aid DOJ Appeal of AT&T/Time Warner Court Call
The Federal Communications Commission has filed a document with the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that could help the Trump Administration's challenge of a DC district judge's decision to allow the merger of AT&T/Time Warner
It's Official: ZTE, Huawei Are Excluded From Government Contracts
President Donald Trump has made it official: Government contractors can't buy equipment from Chinese telecoms ZTE or Huawei as part of those contracts, and must submit a plan for phasing out the use of that equipment from its systems.
Leased Access Programmers Association: Congress mandated cable operators to be a genuine outlet for leased access programming (Broadcasting&Cable)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 08/02/2018 - 12:51Cable industry tells FCC leased access requirements were imperfect solution to problem that, if it ever existed, no longer does (Broadcasting&Cable)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 08/01/2018 - 12:22Linear TV Dominates Time Spent Watching Video: Nielsen (Broadcasting&Cable)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 07/31/2018 - 05:23FCC Diversity Committee Members Push FCC To Include TV in Incubator
Some members of the Federal Communications Commission's diversity advisory committee want to make sure TV does not get left out of the FCC's proposed new diversity incubator program.
President Trump Doesn't Want 'Fake News' Wasting His Time
Saying it was so the "fake news doesn't waste my time with dumb questions," President Donald Trump said NO, he did NOT (tweeted emphasis) have knowledge of a June 2016 meeting between his son and Russians saying they had dirt on Hillary Clinton.
President Trump Threatens Investigation of Twitter
President Donald Trump threatened a government investigation of Twitter. The President tweeted on the morning of July 26, "Twitter 'SHADOW BANNING' prominent Republicans. Not good.
Free State to FCC: Mobile Wireless Broadband is Substitute for Fixed
The Free State Foundation says the Federal Communications Commission got it right in its 2017 Wireless Competition Report when it concluded that the mobile wireless broadband market is competitive.