FCC crackdown could spread to cable
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The FCC is preparing to  ask Congress for a broad expansion of its authority to regulate  the content of television programming, but it hopes to leave  the thorny issue of defining the parameters of how much  violence is too much to Congress.
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U.S. regulators are considering new rules, favored by phone companies, designed to give apartment and condo dwellers greater choice of pay television services by banning exclusive deals between building owners and cable TV providers.
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WASHINGTON  - The Federal Communications Commission is considering a report to Congress claiming that the agency can regulate TV violence the same way it regulates indecency if lawmakers give it the authority, sources said Thursday.
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Comcast's response yesterday to its public thrashing by the FCC may have had a second, more important, purpose: A prominent Congressman has introduced legislation paving the way for a ban on Internet throttling.
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The Federal Communications Commission is pushing ahead to pass a rule today that would allow more consolidation of local media ownership in the nation's largest cities, despite the fresh threat of a legislative rebuke and continued protests from advocacy groups.
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U.S. communications regulators are expected to approve on Tuesday a plan to loosen media ownership restrictions, despite objections from consumer groups and a threat by some U.S. senators to revoke the action.
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Proposed law could prevent the government from offering broadband access.
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WASHINGTON -- New rules approved this week by the Federal Communications Commission are aimed at making high-speed Internet available to more Americans.
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The FCC is about to approve rules that could affect open access of wireless networks, including the portability of cell phones and applications.
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Sources expect that on Tuesday, the FCC will exempt more Net phone calls from state telephone rules and taxes, even as the cable industry tries to grab VoIP's coattails.
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A majority of the  nation's networks have told the Federal Communications  Commission that its policy putting TV station owners at risk of  huge fines for a slip of the tongue threatens to end live  broadcast television.
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Those who illegally download movies and music could have their Internet service cut off under a forthcoming recommendation that could be used to craft legislation.
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Analysis: Advocacy groups lobby the FCC over potential use of the 700MHz spectrum.
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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators threatened on Monday to override the Federal Communications Commission if the agency votes to loosen media ownership restrictions at a meeting scheduled for Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON -- Comcast Corp. , the nation's largest cable operator, would be effectively barred from buying any other large cable company under an ownership rule the Federal Communications Commission is considering.
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Lawmakers last night derailed legislation that would have substantially increased the amount the Federal Communications Commission can fine broadcasters for airing indecent material, giving media companies at least a temporary reprieve after months of scrutiny and public outrage.