Verizon and the cable industry spent the day shouting past each other when it comes to helping consumers switch phone and video services. Verizon wants the FCC to change the rules for cable to align with those for phone service, where telecoms handle the details of a switch for consumers. Read More... read more »
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Fleeting or not, if you emboss yourself onto an Eggo waffle during a children's TV show, you're going to get fined by the FCC. Read More... read more »
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Todd Spangler Todd Spangler , Technology Editor, Multichannel News March, 13 2008 Hulu: If You Can't License 'Em, Link to 'Em Hulu.com, as if you hadn't heard, launched this week with content from some 50 partners includi... read more »
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FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has acceded to a request by the two Democratic FCC commissioners to look into allegations that an Alabama CBS affiliate may have deliberately ... read more »
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Among public TV’s suddenly congested multicasting channels, the Spanish-language venture V-me, launched in March, has won spots on 27 stations — enough to reach a potential audience of 30 to 40 percent of U.S. households, though with gaps in four key states. read more »
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The association representing local cable franchising authorities asked the FCC to decide, one way or the other, on a petition for ruling it filed in December. read more »
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Noncommercial broadcasters were complaining to the FCC Monday that Dish Network has still not struck a carriage deal for their HD signals. read more »
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The FCC voted to require broadcasters, cable operators and others to undertake a government-mandated digital-TV consumer-education campaign, although there is some flexibility for broadcasters. It also said it will help the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to make sure that retailers are getting DTV-to-analog converter boxes onto the shelves. read more »
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