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Comcast Sticking to Its Guns in Fight With Bloomberg Response paves way for important FCC decision on neighborhooding

WASHINGTON—Comcast has filed its formal response to a Federal Communications Commission complaint from Bloomberg, which alleges the cable giant violated one of the conditions regulators imposed on its merger with…

July 28, 2011, 12:36 PM EDT

Broadcasters Warn of Consequences From Spectrum Auction Critics charge NAB using scare tactics

WASHINGTON—With any debt ceiling package that passes Congress—if indeed one passes at all—almost certain to contain a provision for a spectrum auction, broadcasters have realized they're running out of time to ensure…

July 26, 2011, 6:37 AM EDT

Desperate to Stop AT&T, Sprint Doubles Lobbying Spend Wireless company scared of T-Mobile deal

Sprint has pulled out the checkbook in its quest to stop AT&T's proposed deal to buy T-Mobile, which would relegate Sprint to a very distant number three in the wireless…

July 21, 2011, 11:31 AM EDT

House Subcommittee Aims for Bipartisan Spectrum Bill With budget looming, consensus may be elusive

WASHINGTON—The spirit of bipartisanship isn't generally thriving on Capitol Hill these days, but it was alive and well Friday during the House’s fifth hearing on how best to reallocate more…

July 15, 2011, 3:26 PM EDT

Rockefeller Asks Feds to Investigate U.S. Impact of Murdochgate Lawmakers see U.S. privacy of Murdochgate as key concern

Congress is starting to weigh in on Murdochgate, following speculative reports in London's Daily Mirror  that the News Corp. phone hacking practices in the U.K. may have extended to 9/11…

July 13, 2011, 10:34 AM EDT

FCC Says Comcast Illegally Discriminated Against the Tennis Channel Regulators recommend the maximum fine

Comcast and the Federal Communications Commission will be in front of Chief Administrative Law Judge Richard Sippel today, arguing over the cable provider's treatment of the Tennis Channel. The FCC’s Enforcement…

July 12, 2011, 10:33 AM EDT

Fox's TV Licenses Safe From Scandal—For Now Even the left sees FCC revoking licenses a long shot

The U.K. arm of Rupert Murdoch's media empire may be in trouble due to the ongoing phone hacking scandal there, but the licenses that News Corp. holds for the 27…

July 11, 2011, 2:24 PM EDT

Court Tosses FCC's Cross-Ownership Rule Opponents of media consolidation giddy over decision

Opponents of media consolidation won a big victory Thursday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit tossed the Federal Communications Commission's rule that loosened the ban on newspaper-broadcast…

July 7, 2011, 12:35 PM EDT

Supreme Court Takes Case on FCC Indecency Rules Bare butt and F-bombs to get hearing

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review the Federal Communications Commission's broadcast indecency rules in the hopes of clearing up once and for all whether things like a fleeting…

June 27, 2011, 10:28 AM EDT

Dems Come Out Swinging Against Bill to Reform FCC Legislators charge bill would kill public interest obligation

WASHINGTON—House Democrats are lashing out against a draft of a Republican bill that would reform the process at the Federal Communications Commission, arguing that the legislation would do more harm…

June 22, 2011, 11:53 AM EDT

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