FCC Equalizes Pole Rates for Cable and Telecommunications Attachments
The FCC has reconsidered its 2011 rate formula governing the rates charged by utilities for pole attachments used to provide telecommunications services and has made...
Accessibility Rules Expanded
The FCC has taken action to enhance its rules to make video programming accessible to individuals with disabilities on a wide range of consumer devices...
Cox Penalized for CPNI Breach by “Lizard Squad” Hacker
Cox Communications (Cox) has agreed to a $595,000 settlement with the FCC following an investigation in to whether Cox failed to properly protect customer proprietary...
FCC Takes Action to Update MVPD Signal Carriage Rules
The FCC has taken two separate actions to update its rules relating to television broadcast signal carriage by multichannel video program distributors (MVPDs). Both...
FCC Announces Tentative September Open Meeting Agenda
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released the tentative agenda for its September open meeting, scheduled for September 17, 2015. It contains the...
FCC Chairman Green Lights AT&T/DirecTV Merger
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has issued a public statement indicating that an order recommending approval of the AT&T/DirecTV merger has been circulated to the...
USAC Board Members Sought
The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC or Commission) Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) is seeking nominations for 12 board member positions on the Universal Service Administrative...
Comment and Effective Dates Set for New CVAA Rules
The Federal Communications Commission's new emergency information accessibility rules have been published in the Federal Register and will become effective on August 10, 2015....
Comment Deadlines Established for Vacant Channel Rulemaking
The FCC has announced comment and reply deadlines for its vacant channels rulemaking. Comments are due on or before August 3, 2015 and reply...
FCC To Preserve One UHF Channel
The FCC has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to establish procedures to ensure that one UHF channel will be available nationwide for...
