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FCC to look at exclusive cell phone deals
Washington :: DC :: USA | 5 months ago
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Regulators will investigate whether exclusive cell phone deals, such as the one that locks the iPhone to AT&T, are good for consumers. The acting chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Michael Copps, has instructed the commission's staff to...
Tags: Federal Communications Commission, cell phone, FCC, phone deals, AT&T Inc, exclusive arrangement, Michael Copps, exclusive cell
Many Hoosiers report digital TV conversion woes
Nashville :: TN :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility If you still haven't adjusted to the digital switch, you're not alone. The Federal Communications Commission said that since Friday, 2,693 calls have been made by Indiana residents with complaints or questions about the digital conversion. Out of about...
Tags: FCC
800,000 callers phone digital TV hot line
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Nearly 800,000 calls were received by a federal hot line this week from people confused about the nationwide move on Friday to drop analog TV signals and broadcast only in digital...The total is still below the 600,000 to 3 million callers that the FCC...
Tags: hot line, digital tvs, Chicago, DTV, FCC
Broadcasting & Cable: FCC Call Center Volume Continues Dropping
Cook :: NE :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility The FCC's call center volume continues to drop as viewers settle in to the DTV transition. According to an FCC spokeswoman, the DTV helpline took just under 63,000 calls on Sunday. That was after recording a one-day record of 317,000-plus on Friday,...
Tags: FCC, Federal Communications Commission, DTV Transition Calls
FierceWiFi: 'It's the Internet, Stupid' campaign launched as FCC mulls national broadband plan
Lisbon Falls :: ME :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Net neutrality backers launched a campaign last week urging the FCC to make sure any national broadband strategy, which is supposed to be finalized by February 2010, includes open access provisions. Their campaign is called "It's the Internet, Stupid,"...
Tags: FCC
Digital TV switch not without a hitch
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Some folks are scared of the thing and don't know how to hook it up," said Bill Hutchinson, an engineer. "We try to talk them through it." Jim du Bois, of the Minnesota Broadcasters Association, said often people have successfully re-scanned but still...
Tags: digital tvs, converter box, Federal Communications Commission, hot line, FCC, tvs broadcasts, digital converter, NBC, federal hot, digital signal
Multichannel News: FCC: DTV Transition Causes 'No Widespread Disruption'
Madrid :: Spain | 5 months ago
Credibility DTV Transition Causes 'No Widespread Disruption' Calls About Converter Box Operation, Reception Topped List John Eggerton -- Multichannel News, 6/13/2009 11:18:09 AM MT As expected, the FCC's DTV help line set a record for calls with 317,450 received...
Tags: John Eggerton, calls center, Multichannel News, FCC
Broadcasting & Cable: Complete Coverage: DTV Transition
Tōkyō :: Japan | 5 months ago
Credibility The FCC and National Telecommunications & Information Administration Thursday provided a laundry list of efforts they have undertaken, and will continue to undertake, to try and make the DTV transition as smooth as possible, and prepare as many analog-only...
Tags: DTV Transition, FCC
Broadcasting & Cable: FCC Gets $10 Million More For Call Centers
Lisbon Falls :: ME :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility According to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke has approved almost $10 million in additional DTV funding for the FCC. "Secretary Locke approved the transfer of funds to the FCC to support call...
Tags: FCC
Broadcasting & Cable: Openness, Video Access, Important To Rural Broadband
Washington :: DC :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility Acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps has released the FCC's rural broadband report, telling Congress that adopting a fifth principle of network nondiscrimination should be part of a rural broadband plan, and that lack of access to video programming could...
Tags: rural broadband, FCC
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