By John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable Online, 9-26-17 The FCC has eliminated the requirement that TV stations and cable operators retain paper copies of the FCC's rules. The item was noncontroversial -- and the vote unanimous -- and newly returned Democratic commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel did not even make a statement, simply saying she supported [...]
Department of Justice press release, 9-26-17 The U.S. Department of Justice on Sept. 26 filed a Statement of Interest in Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski. The lawsuit was filed by students at Georgia Gwinnett College to challenge a school policy that limited student expressive activity to two small “free-speech zones” that totaled 0.0015% of the campus. Additionally, [...]
Congressman Marsha Blackburn To Deliver Keynote Address FOR RELEASE: July 31, 2017 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., July 31, 2017 – The Media Institute will bestow awards on Dave Lougee, president and CEO of TEGNA, and Jeffrey Herbst, immediate past president and CEO of the Newseum, at its annual [...]
By Gary Arlen, Broadcasting & Cable Online, 8-3-17 Jessica Rosenworcel and Brendan Carr can take their seats for their allotted terms as FCC commissioners, but Chairman Ajit Pai will have to wait until autumn to find out if he can remain at the FCC past next December. It's all part of the complicated, partisan deal [...]
By John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable Online, 7-27-17 Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin told a Senate Appropriations Committee audience at a hearing Wednesday that the administration is coming out with a position on state collection of internet taxes and signaled that could be a way to pay for needed infrastructure upgrades. Currently states can collect taxes on [...]
FOR RELEASE: July 31, 2017 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., July 31, 2017 – The Media Institute will honor TEGNA President and CEO Dave Lougee and Newseum President and CEO Jeffrey Herbst at its annual Friends & Benefactors Awards Banquet Sept. 27 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C. [...]
By John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable Online, 7-12-17 Verizon joined the ISP internet day of advocacy chorus for legislation clarifying the FCC's broadband regulatory authority. That came in a blog post from D.C. senior VP Will Johnson. As were other ISPs, Johnson/Verizon applauded the passion of those taking part in the day of action. But [...]
By John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable Online, 7-12-17 Title II fans were showing their support on the internet day of action, both by praising the FCC's current rules and by taking aim at the proposal by FCC chairman Ajit Pai to roll back Title II and reconsider the 2015 Open Internet order. “INCOMPAS is [...]
By John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable Online, 7-12-17 On the eve of Wednesday's net neutrality day of action that will be devoted mostly to advocating for retaining Title II classification of internet access providers, NCTA: The Internet & Television Association blogged against conflating that regulatory regime with an open internet. "In the opinion of [...]
By John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable Online, 6-7-17 According to political and policy lobbying group the National Legal and Policy Center, almost a quarter million pro-net neutrality comments in the FCC's Restoring Internet Freedom docket have come from outside the U.S., including from Russia. According to the self-described government watchdog group, which said it [...]