Media Access Project last week asked federal judges to grant opponents of the Comcast/AT&T deal access to AT&T's confidential ISP-carriage deal with AOL Time Warner. Separately, ... Media Access Project last week asked federal judges to grant opponents of the Comcast/AT&T deal access to...
The mass diffusion of digital media and the explosive growth of the Internet are reshaping the lives and lifestyles of many Americans. Over the last decade, the rise of digital technologies has fundamentally altered how people work, play, communicate, socialize, and otherwise engage their communities. Major transformations in the American...
A commercial on spectrum auctions, sponsored by the National Association of Broadcasters, is so unfair that the government should resurrect the fairness doctrine, according to a lawsuit filed last week by the Media Access Project in a California fede A commercial on spectrum auctions, sponsored by...
Some fear reduction in competition, diversity Broadcasters are urging regulators to throw out or scale back a series of TV and radio ownership restrictions. In comments filed this month with the FCC, several groups asked regulators...
At least one public interest group -- the Media Access Project, which is actually a Washington law firm -- is rummaging for dirt on cable operators that may have played rough with public-access programmers. Two weeks ago, MAP sent an electron...
Media Access Project last week urged FCC commissioners not to adopt a proposal to ax the requirement that stations file sales contracts-including sales prices-with the FCC as part of station transfers. The commission in April proposed eliminating the Media Access Project last week urged FCC commissioners...
The Media Access Project wants the FCC to reconsider its decision granting home shopping stations must-carry status. In a petition filed last week, MAP says the decision "makes a complete mockery of the public interest standard." The gro The Media Access Project wants...
Gigi Sohn is upset with the news this morning. Washington broadcasters are cutting back on the advertising time being sold to Virginia's gubernatorial candidates. It's exactly the sort of move Sohn's Media Access Project opposes. "H...
The road to reviewed and revised media-ownership rules by June 2 may not be smooth if commission divisions evident at NAB last week are any indication. But it will be traveled nonetheless, says FCC's Media Bureau Chief Ken Ferree. At the...
We know many of the nation's television stations take their obligation to the public seriously, though certainly some more than others. We know many of the nation's television stations take their obligation to the public seriously, though certainly some more than ...
A Washington public-interest law firm is petitioning the Federal Communications Commission to deny license renewals to every English-language TV station in Chicago and Milwaukee. The stations failed "to meet the needs of their community of lic A Washington public-interest law firm is petitioning the...
Media Access Project has hired Harold Feld as associate director. Feld joins the public advocacy group from Washington-based Covington & Burling, where he specialized in Internet-related communications law. He also co-chairs the Federal Communi Media Access Project has hired Harold Feld as associate director....
MAP, Consumer Federation to cooperate with Campaign for Broadcast Competition Media Access Project, the Consumer Federation of America and several other liberal public interest groups will cooperate with, but will not join, the Campaign for Broad MAP, Consumer Federation to cooperate with...
The agency was wrong to exempt home shopping, infomercials and other direct marketers from a 5% fee on their revenue from ancillary digital services, the group said. Following instructions from Congress, the FCC in November ordered digital broadcas The agency was wrong to exempt...
The WiMedia Alliance today announced that itis partnering with the Wireless Alliance for Testing Experiment andResearch WALTER to focus on furthering European development of technologyrequired for measurement, calibration and testing of UWB radio products.This collaboration, called the WALTER project, includes several partnersworldwide and aims to create a pan-European interconnected testbed,...
Viewers Access More than 25 Million Streams During Two Weeks of Competition, Averaging 32 Minutes of Viewing Time NEW YORK -- The FeedRoom, a leading provider of Web video solutions for media companies, corporations and government agencies, today announced that it served record traffic across its network over...
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The hurrahs emanating from television land last week were puzzling, even if they were typical for this age of irony. In the wake of a federal appeals court decision overturning $550,000 in fines against CBS Corp., for Janet Jackson's breast-baring halftime show in the 2004 Super Bowl, an official from...
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