News Corp. is urging the Federal Communications Commission to act quickly on its request to be released early from merger conditions imposed on its acquisition of satellite operator DirecTV four years ago, Multichannel News says. News Corp. argues the basis…
Twenty-seven Congressional Black Caucus members expressed concern to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin this week over recent FCC proposals that would dictate how broadcasters serve their communities, thus placing additional regulatory burdens on radio and TV stations, TVNewsday reports….
A proposal sponsored by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin could require cable operators to carry hundreds of low-power TV stations for the first time, Multichannel News reports. The plans would allow 555 Class A TV stations to apply for…
Cable networks including C-SPAN and Discovery Communications urged a federal judge Monday to void an FCC ruling that would force cable operators to carry some local TV stations in both analog and digital formats for three years, Multichannel News reports….
Key senators, including Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, are pressuring FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to abandon his mission to dismantle cable operators’ bundling packages and instead concentrate on the upcoming national digital television transition in February, Multichannel…
DirecTV has agreed to pay the federal treasury $150,000 for failing to file annual equal employment opportunity reports to the FCC between 2003 and 2007, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Under the agreement, DirecTV does not acknowledge any wrongdoing and the…
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin will appear on the NAB Radio Show in Austin, Texas, at 7:15 a.m. local time on Sept. 18, TVNewsday reports. Martin will sit down with NAB Radio Board member Russ Withers for a one-on-one interview. —Christopher…
Smaller cable operators were granted dual-carriage exemption by the FCC, Multichannel News reports. This means smaller operators with 2,500 subscribers or less are not required to retransmit networks’ digital broadcast signals for three years following February’s digital conversion. —Christopher Perez
Former FCC Chairman William Kennard told C-SPAN that cable giant Comcast has a case if the cable provider wants to take the agency to court, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The Federal Communications Commission recently found Comcast to be in violation…
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin doesn’t expect any more markets to pull the plug on analog TV service early, as stations in Wilmington, N.C., will do on Sept. 8, Broadcasting & Cable reports. General awareness of the DTV transition…