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- House near consensus on national franchise: cable to stay under local rules until Telcos take 15%.(franchise bill)
- WASHINGTON -- Phone companies would receive a national franchise to build and operate multichannel-video systems under legislation agreed to in principle last Wednesday by key House lawmakers. The bill, whose preparation is being led by Energy WASHINGTON -- Phone...
- Research articles 2006-03-13
- 'Open video systems' a turn off: telephone companies reject way to avoid franchising.(POLICY)
- WASHINGTON -- A decade ago, Congress set up new rules for so-called open-video system providers, allowing phone companies to plunge into cable markets without local franchises and without territorial buildout requirements. So why are AT&T WASHINGTON -- A...
- Research articles 2006-02-27
- Mad Money.(cable and telecommunications industry's spending to influence reforms)
- By Ted Hearn Cable, Phone, Net Companies Have Spent $110 Million This Year To Influence Telecom Reform. Was It Worth It? Washington-- On a cold evening in February, cable and telecommunications lobbyists packed the second floor...
- Research articles 2006-10-23
- Fall broadband battle looms.
- WASHINGTON -- Consumer groups are hoping to make off with the punch bowl at this fall's Federal Communications Commission broadband deregulation party. Later this month, the FCC will begin to review the record in multiple proceedings that are ...
- Research articles 2002-07-08
- Mixed message on data regulations.(AT and T Corp., National Cable and Telecommunications Association)
- Were it a movie, the title might be Broadband Confusion: The Sequel. For the second time in less than a year, potential broadband regulation divides the cable industry, with the leading trade association making policy pronouncements that its top tw Were it a movie,...
- Research articles 2002-09-02
- Stevens likes net neutrality: but Senate Commerce chair's unsure of its legislative impact.(POLICY)(Ted Stevens)
- Washington -- A Senate telecommunications bill will likely ban cable and phone companies from discriminating against providers of Internet voice, video and content-search services, Senate Commerce Committee chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) said last Washington -- A Senate telecommunications bill will likely ban cable...
- Research articles 2006-02-13
- White House hardens telecom stance. (US telecommunication policy)
- WASHINGTON - The Clinton administration's opposition to Senate telecommunications legislation is far broader and deeper than previously stated concerns that primarily related to cable deregulation. The White House last week released a 10-point pol WASHINGTON - The Clinton administration's opposition to Senate ...
- Research articles 1995-04-24
- Tauzin, Dingell decry cable's data grip.(Deregulation legislation for phone companies' data services operations)(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
- WASHINGTON -- Enacting legislation to deregulate phone companies' data offerings is essential to denying cable a monopoly in the high-speed data market, Reps. Billy Tauzin (R-La) and John Dingell (D-Mich.) told a Senate panel Wednesday. " WASHINGTON --...
- Research articles 2002-03-25
- Bell resale rules upheld. (Policy).(Baby Bell phone companies equipment leasing requirements from the Supreme Court)(Brief Article)
- WASHINGTON -- A U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week that required Baby Bell phone companies to lease equipment to competitors at a discounted price is unlikely to have a major impact on cable operators, industry officials say. Verizon Communi ...
- Research articles 2002-05-20
- FCC Sets Franchise Order.(local government authority on licensing of telecommunications companies for cable television service)
- By Ted Hearn Washington-- The Federal Communications Commission last Monday released a previously adopted order that gives local governments 90 days to reject or approve cable-service licenses sought by phone companies that already have facil By Ted Hearn...
- Research articles 2007-03-12
- Telcos pushing FCC for VDT changes. (telephone companies; Federal Communications Commission; video dialtone rules)
- Telco-delivered programing rules to be taken up at September meeting Telephone companies will be looking to perform some surgery at the FCC on video dialtone rules during the next six weeks. Not all are focusing on the same rules, but all want to ...
- Research articles 1995-07-31
- Martin Eyes Fast Track for Franchises.(Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin )
- By Ted Hearn Atlanta-- Local governments might be required under new federal rules to act on phone company video franchise applications within six months, Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin indicated last Tuesday at a Nat By Ted...
- Research articles 2006-04-17
- RBOCs lobby hard to change Hollings bill NCTA likes. (Regional Bell Operating Companies; Senator Ernest F. Hollings' telecommunications bill; National Cable Television Association)
- WASHINGTON -- The Baby Bells are busy on Capitol Hill attempting to change the Hollings communications bill in the Senate, particularly provisions related to their entry into cable TV, cable and telco sources said last week. The giant regional ph WASHINGTON --...
- Research articles 1994-04-18
- Cable faces dial-tone tax.
- Federal regulators last Thursday advanced an ambitious plan with the potential for far-reaching deregulation of broadband services offered by phone companies. The tentative plan, adopted by the Federal Communications Commission, also containe Federal regulators last Thursday advanced an...
- Research articles 2002-02-18
- Operators say telcos overstate VDT earnings. (video dial tone)
- Cable operators charge that new details released by two telephone companies planning video dial tone service show the services will lose money and may be improperly controlled by the phone companies. Ameritech Corp. and U S West Inc. are the first Cable operators...
- Research articles 1994-06-06
- HSN, phone companies, cable firms vie for share of interactive shopping - Home Shopping Network
- CLEARWATER FLA. -- Home Shopping Network's purchase last month of Internet Shopping Network is the latest salvo in the battle between on-line services, cable firms and phone companies for a share of the growing interactive shopping pie.
- Research articles 1994-09-19
- Pacific Telesis Gambles by Spinning Off Cellular, Selling Cable. (Originated from The Sacramento Bee, Calif.)
- SAN FRANCISCO--Oct. 25--Is California's biggest phone company missing the boat to the telecommunications revolution? SAN FRANCISCO--Oct. 25--Is California's biggest phone company missing the boat to the telecommunications revolution?
- Research articles 1993-10-25
- 29 Fees We Hate Most
- An increasing number of businesses, from hotels to cell phone providers, are advertising bargain prices and then tacking on hidden fees and charges to boost the final cost. Here's how you can fight back. “The...
- Articles 2009-10-08
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- WOW! Internet, Cable and Phone Taps TVN Entertainment for VOD Services
- TVN Entertainment, the leading television on-demand company, today announced that it has reached an agreement with WOW! Internet, Cable and Phone to provide the nation's 13th largest MSO with all video on-demand VOD services in conjunction with its upcoming launch. "TVN offers the most integrated content and platform solution...
- Research articles 2007-01-22
- No-Compete Clause Muddies US West Sale of Twin Cities Cable Business.(Originated from Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn.)
- Sep. 25--US West has a three-year $20 million noncompete agreement with the company buying its local cable business, a pact that some say could thwart competition between the Twin Cities' dominant cable and phone companies. Sep. 25--US West has a three-year...
- Research articles 1997-09-25
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