The Senate Commerce Committee convened a hearing to examine broadband access and capabilities amid the coronavirus pandemic. Witnesses included executives from the telecommunications and bro…
581 viewsThe House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law held a hearing to examine the impact of online media platforms on the news industry. Witnesses included offic…
1,119 viewsCarl Szabo of NetChoice and Gene Kimmelman, president and CEO of Public Knowledge, debated the pros and cons of breaking up big tech firms like Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook.
520 viewsThe heads of T-Mobile and Sprint testified before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the proposed merger that would form the country’s second largest wireless carrier. They talked about how …
4,872 viewsChief executive officers Randall Stephenson of AT&T and Jeffrey Bewkes of Time Warne, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, and other telecommunications experts testified at a hearing on possib…
2,594 viewsGene Kimmelman and Harold Furchtgott-Roth talked about the proposed merger of Charter Communications with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks and what it would mean for U.S. media, e…
299 viewsThe Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger and its impact on consumers. David Cohen of Comcast and Arthur Vinson of Time-Warner told commi…
22,076 viewsThe Federal Communications Commission held a meeting about the partial transition to digital television that took place on February 17, 2009. Panelists also made recommendations for the full…
58 viewsThe Federal Communications Commission held a meeting about the partial transition to digital television that took place on February 17, 2009, and lessons to be learned for the full transitio…
287 viewsAfter opening remarks, two working groups presented proposals for future telecommunications policies. The first panel focused on public access to telecommunications technology, the transitio…
495 viewsThe Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a hearing on video franchising. The hearing was one of a series of hearings on telecommunications issues held by the committ…
185 viewsThe Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee heard testimony in the second part of a hearing on digital television. Witnesses testified about household transition and spectrum i…
149 viewsThe Media and Democracy Coalition, representing 116 interest groups, held a news conference about the release of its “Bill of Media Rights.” The report criticized the 1996 Telecommunication…
116 viewsThe participants discussed a la carte programming by cable and direct satellite systems. Topics included the impact on consumer prices, small and rural markets, and diversity of programs. Me…
280 viewsWitnesses testified about rising cable television rates, the state of competition in the industry, and policies affecting consumers. Among the issues they addressed were providing a la carte…
155 viewsConsumer advocates spoke to reporters about an effort to improve the reliability of electric distribution, recent power outages in the Northeast, and the impact of energy industry deregulati…
69 viewsSenate Judiciary Subcommittee met with witnesses who testified about a proposed merger between DirecTV and News Corporation. Among the issues they addressed were the state of competition in …
237 viewsCommissioners Copps and Adelstein held a meeting for public advocates to express their concerns of proposals before the Federal Communications Commission to change rules governing media owne…
170 viewsWitnesses testified about the state of competition and pricing in the cable and satellite television industry. Among the topics they addressed were the costs of programming and distribution,…
121 viewsWitnesses testified about the state of competition in the direct satellite television broadcast industry. Among the topics they addressed were acquisition of distribution companies, antitrus…
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