By John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable Online, 4-18-16 The major Hollywood studios were not pleased Monday after the Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal of a decision that it was OK for Google to digitize millions of books and make them available online without compensating the copyright holders. In a blog post after the [...]
By John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable Online, 4-17-16 National and local TV news was the dominant source people rely on for news topics they follow most closely, but engendering trust across all types of news outlets has become a tougher job. Only 6% of people said they have a lot of confidence in the media, [...]
FOR RELEASE: March 3, 2016 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., March 3, 2016 – The Media Institute filed an amicus brief in a California federal district court today, saying that the FBI’s attempt to order Apple, Inc. to write code to “unlock” the contents of an iPhone amounts to [...]
Filed an amicus brief with the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (Eastern Division) in the matter of the search of an Apple iPhone. The Media Institute argued that the FBI’s attempt to order Apple, Inc. to write code to “unlock” the contents of an iPhone amounts to compelled speech under [...]
FOR RELEASE: February 17, 2016 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., February 17, 2016 – Will Johnson of Verizon has been elected to the Board of Trustees of The Media Institute, it was announced today by Institute President Patrick Maines. Johnson is Senior Vice President, Federal Regulatory and Legal Affairs, [...]
Filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit urging the court to overturn a district court decision in Fox Television Stations, Inc. v. Aereokiller, LLC, which would allow FilmOnX (Aereokiller) to qualify for a compulsory license under Section 111 of the Copyright Act. The brief noted that Congress [...]
By John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable Online, 1-14-16 The National Association of Broadcasters told the FCC this week that to grant the pay-TV industry what it wants in the ongoing retransmission consent good faith negotiations proceeding would make it an unwitting accomplice in that industry's attempt to grab more revenue. One of the things the [...]
By John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable Online, 1-12-16 President Obama stuck generally to the "vision thing" in his last State of the Union (SOTU) speech, talking about his vision of America as a strong, compassionate country that takes care of the poor, the environment, and its business at home and abroad. But he also worked [...]
By John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable Online, 1-11-16 Former FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell plans to tell Congress that a new bill meant to block the FCC from using Title II authority over ISPs to regulate broadband rates should explicitly extend to rates ISPs may charge to edge providers or other ISPs or backbone providers (interconnection). [...]
FOR RELEASE: December 2, 2015 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Washington, December 2, 2015 – Rebecca Hanson of the Sinclair Broadcast Group was elected to the Board of Trustees of The Media Institute at the board’s annual meeting today in Washington. Hanson is Senior Vice President, Strategy and Policy, for Sinclair. [...]