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Broadcasters' Turn to Worry About FCC (Broadcasting and Cable)
The cable industry felt the full force of FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's authority in 2007. The cable industry felt the full force of FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's authority in 2007.
Tags: broadcasting, cable, cable industry, FCC
Research articles 2007-12-31
Cable awaits set-top ruling: FCC says guidance on box unbundling to come by year-end.(Policy)
WASHINGTON -- After recently skirting one a la carte issue, the cable industry finds itself coping with another: the unbundling of set-tops to promote their sale at retail outlets around the country. WASHINGTON -- After recently skirting one a la carte issue, the...
Tags: cable, cable industry, FCC, set-top
Research articles 2004-12-06
The FCC last Friday asked for comments on a plan to apply cable Industry rules on allowing broadcasters to protect their exclusive rights to network and syndicated programming to the satellite industry.
Regulators also requested comments on plans to impose the cable industry's sports blackout rule, which prevents any TV outlet in a market from airing a ... Regulators also requested comments on plans to impose the cable industry's sports blackout rule, which prevents any TV...
Tags: cable industry, cable, FCC, network, programming, satellite
Research articles 2000-01-10
Dual-Carriage Notice: a Wake-Up Call.
By Staff To the Editor: The Federal Communications Commission's April 25 further notice of proposed rulemaking [concerning dual cable carriage of analog and digital broadcast signals after Feb. 17, 2009] is the latest alarm in...
Tags: cable, TV, cable industry, FCC
Research articles 2007-05-07
Access review.(the Federal Communications Commission to review program-access rules of cable industry)(Brief Article)
The FCC plans to launch a review of the cable industry's program-access rules at the commission's Oct. 11 meeting. The rules, which expire in October 2002, require cable operators that own programming networks to also sell that programming to compe The FCC plans to...
Tags: cable, cable industry, FCC, programming, Microsoft Access
Research articles 2001-10-01
Powell's cable rollout.(Michael Powell chairman of FCC)(Brief Article)
Chairman says industry must be good actors to maintain the most positive regulatory regime in decades FCC Chairman Michael Powell didn't bend over backwards to make the cable industry feel good about itself last Tuesday at the NCTA convention ...
Tags: cable, cable industry, FCC
Research articles 2001-06-18
Hot-Button Business.
By John Eggerton Video franchising, a la carte, more are on cable's plate The biggest Washington issue facing the cable industry as it gathers in Atlanta this week is a national video-franchising bill that House Telecommunications...
Tags: cable, cable industry, FCC
Research articles 2006-04-10
The cable industry will ask the FCC to change the way it tabulates partial investments. (Washington Memo).(Federal Communications Commission (FCC))(Brief Article)
The cable industry will ask the FCC to change the way it tabulates partial investments towards cable ownership limits, NCTA chief Robert Sachs said last week. The FCC is rewriting rules that once limited a cable ... The cable industry will ask the FCC...
Tags: FCC, cable, cable industry
Research articles 2001-12-17
Cable backs security by download.
The cable industry has moved closer to creating a world with wider availability of digital-cable-ready TV sets, telling the federal government it expects to introduce downloadable conditional-access systems DCAS for interactive devices by July 1, The cable industry has moved closer to creating a...
Tags: cable, TV, cable industry, FCC, security
Research articles 2005-12-05
Cable's set-top set-to.(regulation information)(Brief Article)
Retailers accuse operators of dragging their feet over deadline for separating security protection and interactive-TV functions The cable industry is squaring off again with retailers and consumer-equipment makers over digital set-top boxes. Retailers accuse operators of dragging...
Tags: cable, retail company, cable industry, set-top box, FCC, set-top
Research articles 2000-11-27
New FCC user fee rules raise more questions.
WASHINGTON -- In rewriting the rules for raising millions of dollars in new user fees, the Federal Communications Commission offered some relief to the cable industry. WASHINGTON -- In rewriting the rules for raising millions of dollars in new user fees, the Federal Communications...
Tags: cable industry, FCC
Research articles 1994-06-20
The cable conundrum: one beneficiary of the cable industry's problems could well be the home video business. (Sweeting).
WASHINGTON--As a political matter, the cable industry's timing could not be worse. Last week, the Federal Communications Commission issued its annual report on cable TV pricing as mandated by Congress, and to the surprise of exactly no one it ...
Tags: cable, cable industry, programming, cable company, FCC, video, home video
Research articles 2003-07-14
Cable takes FCC to task over new rules. (cable industry, Federal Communications Commission, cost-of-service and programing incentive rules)
The cable industry struck hard at the FCC's cost-of-service rules and new programing incentives in the first round of comments on the agency's new cable regulations. The cable industry struck hard at the FCC's cost-of-service rules and new programing incentives in the...
Tags: cable, FCC, incentive, cable industry
Research articles 1994-05-23
Paying for the privilege.
Cable's control over broadband connections means a high price for high speed Despite their efforts to stay out of the fray, broadcasters are likely to get dragged into the cable industry's fight over the broadband Internet pipeline. ...
Tags: cable, Internet, cable industry, broadband, America Online Inc., FCC, Internet Service Provider, network, service provider, TCI
Research articles 1999-03-08
Direct competition in the cable industry keeps price hikes in check but is not preventing consumer costs from rising.(Brief Article)
Direct competition in the cable industry keeps price hikes in check but is not preventing consumer costs from rising, according to the FCC's annual survey of industry prices released Friday. In areas where cable customers have a choice of providers Direct competition in the...
Tags: cable, FCC, cable industry
Research articles 1999-05-10
The FCC is aiming to streamline several cable industry rules this week.(Federal Communications Commission)(Brief Article)
The FCC is aiming to streamline several cable industry rules this week. The changes would simplify the agency s complaint review process, eliminate redundant company reporting requirements and clarify what information must be included in a cable sy The FCC is aiming to streamline...
Tags: cable, FCC, cable industry
Research articles 1998-12-21
Cable opposes VDT rules. (video dialtone) (Brief Article)
The FCC last week issued the details of its video dialtone reconsideration, and the cable industry wasted little time before asking a federal court to threw out the 180-page order. FCC Common Carrier Bureau Chief Kathleen Wallman says the agen ...
Tags: basket, cable, cable industry, FCC, phone, video
Research articles 1994-11-14
Cable takes two steps forward. (Federal Communications Commission regulations for basic cable services)
The cable industry's reaction last week to the FCC's new going-forward rules was mixed, with programers showing much more enthusiasm than operators. The cable industry's reaction last week to the FCC's new going-forward rules was mixed, with programers showing much more ...
Tags: cable, cable industry, FCC
Research articles 1994-11-14
CEA NUDGES FCC ON DTV SETS.(Brief Article)
The cable industry has reneged on its pledge to make DTV sets that connect to cable without set-top boxes, and the FCC should step in, the Consumer Electronics Association said last week. CEA wants two FCC actions: imposition of descrambler standar The cable industry...
Tags: cable, cable industry, Consumer Electronics Association, digital television, FCC, set-top, set-top box
Research articles 2000-12-04
Rates get rise out of critics.
Cable rates increased 5.8% in 2000, says FUC; per-channel rise was below inflation, points out NCTA The cable industry's critics are again clamoring for the government to put a lid on subscription rates, thanks to new government numbers showi ...
Tags: cable, FCC, cable industry, programming
Research articles 2001-02-19
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