By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 4-20-22 Pearl TV, the consortium of TV stations advancing NextGen TV, took aim at cable operators in a meeting with FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington. That is according to a Federal Communications Commission document on the meeting. Pearl TV was pitching a National Association of Broadcasters petition to clarify the [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 4-20-22 Internet service providers in California will have to hew to new net neutrality rules, a federal appeals court signaled April 20. In a one-paragraph dismissal, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied cable and telco broadband operators’ appeal of California’s net neutrality law. “The full [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 4-13-22 Alan Davidson, head of the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), said his agency is taking a customer service approach to overseeing the $42.5-billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) initiative going to the states for broadband buildouts. Each state will have a point person at NTIA to [...]
FOR RELEASE: April 8, 2022 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., April 8 – The latest book by Media Institute Distinguished Fellow Stuart N. Brotman offers unique perspectives on the meaning of the First Amendment as seen through the eyes of a “who’s who” of contemporary First Amendment icons. The [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 4-1-22 Computer companies are telling a federal appeals court that a Texas court made the right call when it granted their request for a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of a Texas law they say unconstitutionally prevents online platforms from exercising editorial discretion based on viewpoint. The Computer & Communications [...]
FOR RELEASE: March 16, 2022 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., March 16 – The Media is joining in the celebration of Sunshine Week 2022, taking place March 13 to 19. Sunshine Week is the annual nationwide celebration of access to public information, coordinated by the News Leaders Association. Participating [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 3-15-22 Saying some fraud has already been uncovered, Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee, wants an investigation into whether billions of dollars in broadband subsidy spending already handed out went “appropriately” to unserved areas and areas economically affected by the pandemic. Wicker is concerned [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 3-11-22 With the National Telecommunications & Information Administration getting most of the attention for its role in overseeing more than $40 billion in infrastructure broadband subsidies, the Federal Communications Commission is reminding digital divide watchers that it is already handing out billions. The FCC said it has authorized another [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 3-8-22 A pair of powerful Democratic senators has asked the Biden Administration to use the $48 billion in broadband infrastructure spending overseen by the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications & Information Administration as a way to restore net neutrality rules, at least for those government-funded network buildouts. That’s according [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 2-28-22 In the wake of the Department of Homeland Security’s warning about cyber-threats related to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Federal Communications Commission has launched a proceeding to examine potential threats to the global internet routing system, including any equity issues that might implicate. The FCC commissioners unanimously adopted [...]