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Senate Antitrust Subcommittee Hearing on Big Tech and Antitrust Concerns
The Senate Antitrust Subcommittee heard from various parties on whether Big Tech companies have been allowed to become serial innovation killers, buying up tech start-up competitors before those competitors are large enough to raise red flags with regulators. A Federal Trade Commission witness said the agency was definitely retrospectively reviewing such "killer acqs" (acquisitions), and could break up or shake up already-merged companies if that is the appropriate structural remedy.
NCTA Sues Maine Over PEG Law (Multichannel News)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 09/16/2019 - 10:34House Communications Subcommittee Examines How to Improve FCC Deployment Monitoring Process, Reduce Digital Divide
Juggling five pieces of proposed legislation for improving the Federal Communications Commission's broadband mapping process, the House Communications Subcommittee grilled representatives of telecommunications and public interest organization - seeking their views about ways to increase the accuracy of the FCC's mapping reports.
Cord Cutting Remains Decidedly US Phenomenon (Multichannel News)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 09/10/2019 - 14:57Altice USA, Verizon Partner on Local News (Multichannel News)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 09/04/2019 - 11:10Only Congress Can End the Net Neutrality War
Waiting. That’s the name of the game for those anticipating the DC Circuit’s decision on the Federal Communications Commission's Restoring Internet Freedom order repealing Title II rules for broadband. The case was argued on Feb 1, 2019, so the Court could hand down a ruling any day now. But regardless of whether the decision is uphold or overturn, Americans deserve action on network neutrality from Congress. Statutory permanence for internet openness is the only way to end the ongoing uncertainty shrouding the internet ecosystem due to ever-changing rules.
OpenVault: Average Wireline Broadband Data Usage Up 25% to 271GB (Multichannel News)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 08/15/2019 - 12:58CBS Chairman: Look for Retransmission, Affiliate Fees to Rise With Combined ViacomCBS (Multichannel News)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 08/13/2019 - 18:02Leichtman Research Group: Broadband Growth Decelerates to 370K in Q2
The top 16 US high-speed internet providers, covering 96% of the market, added 370,000 customers in the second quarter, off from the 480,000 added on a pro forma basis in the same period of 2018, according to new research from Leichtman Research Group. The dip is an anomaly for now—customers growth metrics were up for landline broadband suppliers in the first quarter. Cable operators added 532,211 high-speed internet users in Q2, LRG said, about 90% of what they added in the same period of 2018.