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13 May 2020, 9:12 am by Peter Tannenwald
On April 2, 2020, we wrote about proposals by the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) to relax restrictions on Distributed Antenna Systems (“DTS”) for full-power television stations and to make DTS newly available to Class A and Lower Power Television stations. [read post]
23 Feb 2008, 3:30 am
This time, the Federal Communications Commission will depart its headquarters just off the National Mall in Washington and head north to a courtroom on Harvard Law School's campus in Cambridge, Mass.Read the article: CNET News.com [read post]
29 May 2008, 10:20 am
The Federal Communications Commission at its June 12 meeting will likely vote on an order setting terms of the spectrum auction that could include the free Internet service provision.Read the article: The New York Times [read post]
10 Mar 2004, 9:02 am
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell Wednesday called on telephone companies to negotiate an end to the dispute over network sharing that resulted last week in a federal appeals court throwing out FCC rules that allowed states to force certain providers to lease part of their local networks to national competitors at reduced rates (as reported on JURIST's Paper Chase). [read post]
5 Nov 2020, 8:17 am by FHH Law
Back in August, we wrote about the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) decision to end the prohibition of commonly owned radio stations in the same service (AM or FM) that have 50% or more overlap of their primary service contours from duplicating more than 25% of their programming. [read post]
1 May 2007, 8:05 am
Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Wisconsin Right to Life v. the Federal Election Commission case. [read post]
15 Dec 2008, 5:29 am
We earlier asked   whether the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) intends to get in the business of regulating wind turbine siting. [read post]
15 May 2009, 2:53 am
  This additional time has allowed the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration to enhance and restructure the federal government's consumer outreach programs. [read post]
24 Jun 2018, 7:30 am by Steve Brachmann
But a recent letter sent by the Federal Communications Commission in late May of this year indicates that Amazon is also allowing the sale of set-top boxes... [read post]
19 Nov 2007, 5:04 am
The Federal Communications Commission’s examination of media ownership restrictions, moving along slowly but smoothly just [...] [read post]
3 May 2012, 12:45 pm by Jerry Votava
The concerns revolve around fines and a report [JURIST report] issued by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) [official website] for the company's failure to cooperate with their federal investigation. [read post]
14 Feb 2007, 8:15 am
Sohn, president of Public Knowledge, a nonprofit group that focuses on communications law, said the Federal Trade Commission should also require more disclosure from telephone and cable companies about the Internet access speeds they promise to deliver to consumers.Read the article: Wired News [read post]
13 Dec 2013, 8:20 pm by Walter Olson
” [Josh Barro, Business Insider; Ira Stoll] Tweet Tags: airlines, cellphones, Federal Communications Commission“The FCC Absolutely Should Allow Cell Phone Use On Airplanes” is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
22 Jun 2020, 9:15 am by IPWatchdog
The Senate Commerce Committee will likely look at funding for rural broadband initiatives during a Wednesday hearing on Federal Communications Commission... [read post]
7 Dec 2007, 11:25 pm
An adult social network that caters to the "sex and swingers" community agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its use of sexually explicit pop-up ads violates federal law. [read post]
22 Jan 2008, 10:05 am
Federal Communications Commission Democrat Michael Copps said he would not "strongly object" to sitting back, for now, and watching how recent "voluntary" promises by wireless carriers pan out.Read the article: CNET News.com [read post]
3 Dec 2004, 5:37 am
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court announced at midday Friday that it would hear appeals from the Federal Communications Commission and the cable industry on whether broadband services that offer computer users high-speed links to the Internet via cable are an "information service" subject to minimal regulation by federal or local authorities or whether, following lower court rulings, they constitute [read post]
26 Jan 2010, 7:28 pm by Doug
The request came in letters sent by the Federal Communications Commission, which also asked AT&T Inc., Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel Corp. about fees charged to customers who leave wireless contracts early. [read post]
5 Mar 2011, 10:33 am by Doug
In a paean to deregulation, a group of top telecommunication companies and trade associations sent a letter to the White House, complaining that the Federal Communications Commission isn’t doing enough to reduce federal rules. [read post]
6 Feb 2011, 6:10 pm by Doug
The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to kick off its efforts to overhaul the program during a meeting, when it asks for comments on how to chart a new course for the Universal Service Fund, or USF, which subsidizes phone lines in rural areas and for low-income Americans. [read post]