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scwalton

Radio Business Report/Television Business Report - Voice of the Broadcasting Industry - 0 views

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    "It may be a bitter pill for public critics to swallow, but media outlets have to operate in the black to continue operating. Antiquated media ownership rules are going to have to be revised to reflect reality."
kkholland

Google in the broadband business? Hardly - 0 views

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    Google announced plans to provide fiber-to-the-home-connections of 1Gbit/sec speeds. Some argue that the announcement may be a negotiating tactic to prompt federal regulators to push for net neutrality.
kkholland

A New civil rights mandate: champion open networks to close the digital divide | Reclai... - 0 views

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    A blog post covering a grassroots organizing effort to address the digital divide. Makjia Cyril argues that the cable companies are offering a false choice by tying broadband build out to net neutrality. An interesting perspective from outside the traditional media.
scwalton

Radio Business Report/Television Business Report - Voice of the Broadcasting Industry - 0 views

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    "Portending future growth of viewing on alternative platforms, incidence of TV consumption on the computer/ handheld devices is already ubiquitous among young people, with 82% of 15-17 year olds surveyed viewing at least monthly. On handheld devices alone, half (48%) of online young people surveyed report watching TV content at least monthly, doubling from 24% last year."
kkholland

FT.com / UK - Falling subsidy threat to US media - 0 views

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    Highlights an Anneberg School of Journalism study that examines rates of media subsidy, and shows a marked decline. References historical tradition of media subsidy through postal discounts and tax breaks.
Julian Gottlieb

Bill Moyers Journal . Media Ownership Rules | PBS - 0 views

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    Public hearings about media consolidation nearing the end of the Bush Regime in Seattle, Washington. The public was given rather short notice before the hearing, effectively preventing them to be an effective force in the hearings.
Theresa de los Santos

NAB Says Retrans Process Works - 2010-01-05 16:55:03 | Broadcasting & Cable - 1 views

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    NAB President, Gordon Smith, adds praise to agreements between Fox/TWC as well as Fisher and Bright House
Ethan Hartsell

Investors Urge FCC to Relax Media-Ownership Rules - 0 views

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    "Media-ownership rules should be loosened to allow more consolidation and attract capital to the industry, representatives of the investment community said Tuesday at a Federal Communications Commission workshop on how the agency might change ownership rules later this year."
chris_seaman

Radio Business Report/Television Business Report - Voice of the Broadcasting Industry - 1 views

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    David Honig, Executive Director of the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council, criticizes the rates of minority licensee ownership and suggests potential remedies.
Ron Rice

Well Connected - The Center for Public Integrity - 0 views

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    provides list of media for each zip code; provides reports and media policy issues updates and analyses
Julian Gottlieb

Google, Verizon Team Up on Net Neutrality - Reviews by PC Magazine - 0 views

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    Google and Verizon join forces and submit a filing that outlines the points on which they agree in regards to the FCC's proposed net neutrality rules.
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    Google and Verizon are stepping up their support for net neutrality regulations.
scwalton

Radio Business Report/Television Business Report - Voice of the Broadcasting Industry - 0 views

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    "The academics said that there were plenty of studies out there indicating the importance of station ownership diversity when it comes to serving a diverse population. One noted that ownership for most business types does break down into percentages more in line with actual population makeup, with broadcasting being a notable exception to the rule."
Rebekah Pure

FCC's Net Neutrality Plan Would Permit Blocking of BitTorrent | Electronic Frontier Fou... - 0 views

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    FCC's net neutrality regulations will allow ISPs to block BitTorrent. "The new proposed net neutrality regulations would allow the same practices that net neutrality was first invoked to prevent."
scwalton

F.C.C. Considers Changes on Cable Fee Disputes - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    "Brian L. Roberts, the chairman and chief executive of Comcast, laid out 17 specific commitments that the company was willing to make to satisfy the concerns of the F.C.C., consumer groups and members of Congress, including a promise to expand the number of independent programmers it carries in each of the next three years. "
Ryan Fuller

Vast F.C.C. Plan Would Bring Net to More in U.S. - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    The Federal Communications Commission is proposing an ambitious 10-year plan that will reimagine the nation's media and technology priorities by establishing high-speed Internet as the country's dominant communication network.
scwalton

Op-Ed Contributor - Ending the Internet's Trench Warfare - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    "The Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Plan, announced last week, is aimed at providing nearly universal, affordable broadband service by 2020. And while it takes many admirable steps - including very important efforts toward opening space in the broadcast spectrum - it does not address the source of the access problem: without a major policy shift to increase competition, broadband service in the United States will continue to lag far behind the rest of the developed world."
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