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...
Cable Rates Continue to Outpace Inflation
As required by law, the FCC's Media Bureau conducted its annual cable rate survey for the calendar year ending January 1, 2014. The Report...
Enforcement Bureau Targets Property Owners and Managers for Piracy
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) has announced that it has begun targeting property owners and managers for...
Commission Finalizes October Open Meeting Agenda
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has finalized its agenda for its open meeting on Friday, October 17, 2014. It contains the following...
Waiver of Emergency Info Accessibility Sought
The FCC's Media Bureau has asked for comment on a waiver request filed by the American Cable Association (ACA) that seeks relief from the...
FCC Proposes to Extend HDTV Carriage Exemption
The FCC has adopted a Fifth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Fifth FNPRM) that proposes to extend the Commission’s existing exemption from its material degradation rules...
E-Rate, Rural Broadband Experiments, and IP Video Closed Captioning on July Open Meeting Agenda
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released the final agenda for its next open meeting on Friday, July 11, 2014. It contains the following three...
Emergency Accessibility and Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution on FCC’s May Agenda
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released the agenda for its May open meeting, scheduled for May 21, 2015. It contains the following...
FCC Implements Measures to Improve Video Conference Accessibility
The FCC has adopted a Report and Order that requires video conferencing platforms, including Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Webex, to comply with...
Effective Competition Presumption Under Review
The FCC has commenced a rulemaking proceeding to revise the effective competition standard that governs the regulation of basic cable rates. Under the Communications...
