By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 4-21-22 Republican FCC Commissioner and Big Tech critic Brendan Carr says Apple is blocking Voice of America’s mobile app from its App Store in China and he wants some answers, actually a single answer, from Apple CEO Tim Cook by the end of the month. Following Cook’s speech last [...]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 4-21-22 The U.S. is joining an effort to create global, cross-border privacy rules through a new Global CBPR Forum. The White House said Thursday (April 21) that the U.S. was teaming up with Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, and Chinese Taipei on a certification system [...]
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 Paul Erickson, Research Director, Parks Associates Improve customer acquisition, retention, and reduce churn Video services are inherently concerned with subscribership and seek to maximize their performance at each stage of the customer journey, from acquisition to consumption to long-term retention. AI-based analysis of subscriber behavior and activity can better inform subscriber acquisition decisions by [...]
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 [...]