FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has approached TV stations in at least 10 markets to switch to digital TV service months ahead of the Feb. 17 deadline, reports TVNewsday.com. Martin wants to test the DTV conversion by using the stations as…
Broadcasters say Federal Communications Commission requirements for more local-service programming are unjustified and unnecessary, TelevisionWeek reports. The National Association of Broadcasters said there is little evidence that media mergers have compromised the services provided by local broadcasters, the magazine says….
The Federal Communications Commission fined retailers and television manufacturers a combined $6.6 million for selling U.S. TVs without either digital tuners or labels saying the sets won’t work after next year’s digital transition, the Wall Street Journal reports. Wal-Mart, Target…
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin yesterday reiterated his intention to get cable-television companies to offer a la carte pricing, Multichannel News reports. U.S. senators earlier this week said Mr. Martin should redirect his focus toward ensuring a smooth transition…
U.S. senators told Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin to focus more on next February’s transition to digital broadcasts and less on cable-television mandates, Multichannel News reports. Issues such as a la carte cable pricing and net neutrality are “solutions…
News Corp. requested that the Federal Communications Commission release the company from some regulatory conditions triggered by its former controlling interest in satellite company DirecTV, Multichannel News reports. The conditions for News Corp., which has since transferred its 40% share…
Comcast executive VP David Cohen said in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission last week that he was “disappointed” with and “perplexed” at FCC Chairman Kevin Martin’s comments about a Comcast agreement with peer-to-peer service BitTorrent, Multichannel News reports….
The Federal Communications Commission will give satellite-television providers such as DirecTV and Dish Network four years after next February’s digital switchover to carry all local channels in high definition, Television Week reports. Broadcasters had argued that satellite companies, which provide…
A plan by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to give new terms to incumbent Federal Communications Commission members was quashed when FCC Chairman Kevin Martin refused to agree to a specific resignation date, Multichannel News reports, citing people it didn’t…
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league may file an FCC complaint in an effort to force Time Warner Cable to carry the NFL Network and get Comcast to put the network on a more popular subscription tier, Multichannel News…