President Bush on Friday signed into law a bill that would facilitate the collection of data regarding broadband access in the United States, though m...
Steve Parker | Posted 08.01.2008 | Business
Now, after several years of competition between XM and Sirius, there will be one satellite radio company -- a monopoly created by the federal government. And you don't need me to tell you how strange that is.
AP | JOHN DUNBAR | Posted 07.05.2008 | Media
WASHINGTON — A stealthy form of advertising in which products are featured on television shows as props and even woven into story lines has draw...
New York Sun | Harold Furchtgott-Roth | Posted 06.26.2008 | Media
Tomorrow marks the 74th anniversary of the Communications Act of 1934, the legal framework for federal regulation of all manner of communications thro...
Art Brodsky | Posted 06.11.2008 | Media
There's a lot of mischief that cable and telephone companies can perpetrate, and it's not at all clear that the FCC would have the authority to punish them.
Jonathan Rintels | Posted 05.03.2008 | Media
It's time for the government to implement reasonable oversight that protects consumers and content creators, and preserves the open Internet we enjoy today.
Portfolio | Sam Gustin | Posted 04.25.2008 | Business
What do Cliff Stearns, John Shimkus, and Fred Upton have in common? They're all members of the House telecommunications subcommittee, and they've eac...
AP | AMY SCHATZ | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a $1.4 million fine against 52 ABC Television Network stations over a 2003 broad...
Wall Street Journal | AMY SCHATZ | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Today, the Federal Communications Commission is set to ram through two measures likely to roil the media and telecommunications industries and deepen ...
AP | John Dunbar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Despite intense political pressure, the Federal Communications Commission is expected to approve a proposal Tuesday that will allow broadcasters in th...
New York Times | LOUISE STORY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Advertising is often like a game of cat and mouse. Consumers try as hard as they can to run away from sales pitches and commercial jingles, so markete...
Broadcasting & Cable | John Eggerton | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
Presidential candidate and Illinois Democratic Sen. Barack Obama wants Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin to take a series of int...
New York Times | Stephen Labaton | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
The head of the Federal Communications Commission has circulated an ambitious plan to relax the decades-old media ownership rules, including repealing...
CNet | Stephanie Condon | Posted 11.13.2008 | Media