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Group Gets Behind Skype Service
Washington :: DC :: USA | 8 months ago
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The open-Internet advocacy group Free Press is asking the Federal Communications Commission to investigate whether Apple Inc. and AT&T Inc. are violating federal rules by blocking the use of a new low-cost Skype voice service on Apple iPhones that use...
Tags: Federal Communications Commission, Skype, AT&T Inc., Free Press, FCC, Apple Inc.
Multichannel News: Public, Industry Can Weigh In On FCC's Broadband Role Through April 13
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility Public, Industry Can Weigh In On FCC's Broadband Role Through April 13 Agenvy Wants Comments Limited To Five Issues John Eggerton -- Multichannel News, 3/24/2009 3:05:07 PM MT The FCC has given the public and industry until April 13 to weigh in on the...
Tags: FCC
FCC is fine-tuning its digital TV switch message
Tbilisi :: Georgia | 8 months ago
Credibility The FCC said it learned that more public information was needed after Feb. 17, when about a third of U.S. TV stations turned off their analog signals in favor of a new, digital format. The new FCC requirements apply to the stations that have yet to cut...
Tags: tv stations, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, alert viewers, analog broadcasts
Broadcasting & Cable: Stations Must Warn Viewers of Signal Loss
Lyman :: WY :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility The commission is said to need to get the rules out before 2 p.m. The notification requirement will be either a crawl or PSA, and the loss in viewership will be calculated according to DTV reception maps the FCC has posted on its Web site . Noncommercial...
Tags: FCC
Broadcasting & Cable: 4.5M Households Not Ready For DTV Transition
Madrid :: Spain | 9 months ago
Credibility The ratings company concedes some of those homes could have the converter boxes, just not hooked up yet. The National Association of Broadcasters has taken issue with the un-readiness figure. In a release Wednesday, NAB suggested that the early returns...
Tags: DTV Transition, calls center, FCC
Obama nominates friend, adviser to head FCC
Washington :: DC :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility President Barack Obama has named Julius Genachowski as his nominee to chair the Federal Communications Commission. The White House announced Genachowski's nomination on Tuesday. He was an adviser to Obama's campaign and worked at media executive Barry...
Tags: Julius Genachowski Obama, Barack Obama, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, head fcc, president obama, obama nomination, president barack
FCC Targets TV Stations Shutting Analog
Madison :: WI :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility Congress postponed the deadline last week to June 12, citing concerns that many people were unprepared for the move to digital. Broadcasters who spent years preparing for next week's deadline were given the option of moving ahead, but the FCC said it...
Tags: tv stations, FCC, Nebraska
FCC fines cable operators over channel changes
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility The Federal Communications Commission is fining nine cable TV operators for attempting to thwart its investigation of a practice in which analog channels were transferred to a more expensive digital tier, leaving some customers without access. In a letter...
Tags: FCC, Comcast Corp, Republican Federal Communications Commission, phone services, cable operator, cable tv, tv operator, chairman kevin, Kevin Martin (FCC)
FCC Questions Comcast's Treatment of Voice Competitors
TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2009 by Jen Howard, Special Correspondent for Biodun Iginla, BBC News. WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission is investigating concerns that Comcast's new network managementpractices degrade the sound...
Tags: BBC NEWS. BIODUN IGINLA, COMCAST, FCC, FREE PRESS, JEN HOWARD
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to join Aspen Institute
Washington :: DC :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is leaving the agency to join The Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan think tank. Aspen spokesman James Spiegelman confirmed Martin will be joining the institute as a senior fellow with its Communications...
Tags: Kevin Martin (FCC), wireless, chairman kevin, fcc chairman, FCC, Aspen Institute, join aspen, think tank, senior fellow
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