NAB’s Gordon Smith Is Confident He Can Turn Things Around in Washington
Broadcasters are having a tough time in Washington.
House Subcommittee Sends Reauthorization of Satellite Bill to Full Committee
With a few tweaks, the House communications and technology subcommittee advanced a bill that reauthorizes the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act for five years. The bill now goes to [...]
Sinclair Restructures Allbritton Deal in Wake of FCC Crackdown on Sidecar Deals
Seeing the writing on the wall at the Federal Communications Commission, Sinclair Broadcast Group said late Thursday it would restructure its deal to buy Allbritton's TV group. As part of [...]
Netflix’s Hastings Slams Comcast in Blog Calling for Stronger Net Neutrality
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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings took to his company's blog Thursday to call for Washington and the Federal Communications Commission to pass stronger net neutrality rules so that Netflix doesn't have [...]
Broadcasters Try to Drag NCC Media Into FCC Fight Over Joint Sales Deals
Broadcasters have launched a counterstrike against the Federal Communications Commission's proposal to restrict TV joint sales agreements by asking the agency to look into similar sales arrangements used by the [...]
FCC’s Clyburn Holds Swing Vote on Limiting TV Joint Sales Deals
The ultimate fate of the Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler’s proposal to close the ownership loophole on TV stations joint sales agreements may lie with fellow Democratic commissioner Mignon [...]