Cable Operators to Offer Family-Friending Content Bundling
Major U.S. cable operators, including Comcast and Time Warner, agreed to offer family-friendly content bundles rather than face possible regulatory ...
Tag: Regulatory
FCC Expected to Consider USF this Friday
The FCC is expected to consider on-going support mechanisms for the Universal Service Fund (USF) at is Open Meeting scheduled ...
FCC Chairman Urges A-la-Carte Video Programming or New Decency Requirements
In testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin called on the cable ...
Swiss Federal Council to Block Swisscom-Eircom Acquisition
Switzerland's Federal Council has instructed its representative on the Board of Directors of SwissCom to vote against the company's proposed ...
Disability Groups Call for Telecom Legislation for Access to Broadband Services
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD), the American Foundation for the Blind other disability groups is calling upon Congress ...
U.S. Senate Schedules Telecom Hearings
The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee announced an aggressive schedule of telecom related hearings starting in January. The hearing are seen ...
FCC Commissioner Abernathy Steps Down
FCC Commissioner Kathleen Q. Abernathy, a Republican, submitted her resignation letter to President Bush. She has served four and a ...
World Summit on the Information Society Opens in Tunis
Speaking at the opening of the "World Summit on the Information Society" in Tunis, Yoshio Utsumi, Secretary-General of the International ...
Bush Nominates Copps, Tate for FCC Posts
President Bush nominated Michael J. Copps, of Virginia, for a new five year term as FCC Commissioner from July 1, ...
EC Rules Against Subsidy for Digital Terrestrial TV (DVB-T)
The European Commission ruled that subsidies worth some EUR 4 million granted to commercial broadcasters for the use of the ...
FCC Modifies Digital Tuner Requirements to Advance DTV Transition
FCC amended its rules to move the date on which all TV receivers must include the capability to receive digital ...
Senate Committee Approves E9-1-1 Improvement Act
The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved the "E9-1-1 Improvement Act" (S.1063). If passed into law, the bill would: require ...
TELECOM '05: FCC Chairman Affirms Technology Neutral Stance
The FCC must maintain technological and competitive neutrality, said FCC Chairman Kevin Martin in a videocast keynote address to TELECOM ...
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