FCC to vote on cable competition measure
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Cable television rates keep going up while prices for other communications services are going down, says the nation's chief communications regulator, and he blames local governments for blocking competition.
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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission this week hopes to do what Congress could not accomplish this year -- help AT&amp;T Inc. and Verizon Communications get into the television business faster.
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A Senate committee voted yesterday to transfer airwaves used by dozens of television stations to spectrum-starved public safety organizations but included a provision that critics say
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The US Supreme Court said today it will hear argument on whether online cable access must allow rivals to use its equipment. The case could ultimately decide whether cable operators must allow use of their
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court agreed yesterday to consider whether cable companies must open their high-speed lines to rival Internet providers.
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By Josh Mitchell, The Baltimore Sun  Mar. 6--The final obstacle to cable television competition in Baltimore  County was removed last night when the County Council approved a deal with  Verizon Communications.
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By Jason Rosenbaum, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Feb. 17--JEFFERSON CITY -- The Missouri Senate gave initial approval Thursday to a bill that would shift licensing of cable TV companies from the cities where they operate to the Missouri Public Service Commission.
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WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators say a proposal to allow cable TV subscribers to pay only for channels they want wouldn&#39;t reduce their cable bills.
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WASHINGTON, March 5  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumers for Cable Choice (C4CC) today applauded the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for developing rules that will hasten consumer competition in broadband and video service.
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The Federal Communications Commission kicks off the first of six planned public hearings Tuesday to discuss a number of broadcast ownership rules, including whether a single company should be able to own both a newspaper and a television station in the same market.
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The Federal Communications Commission is expected to vote today to exempt Internet-based phone companies from state regulation, a step that could help boost the emerging services.
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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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A critical Senate committee plans to vote this week on legislation that would require broadcasters to abandon their current analog TV channels and switch solely to digital transmissions by 2009.
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The FCC is set to vote unanimously for a record-setting fine against CBS-owned stations for violating broadcast decency standards with the network's January breast-baring Super Bowl halftime show, though some commissioners are expected to say the fines are not severe enough, FCC sources said. -The Washington Post
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ASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will require incumbent telephone carriers to continue offering parts of their networks to competitors while the commission rewrites those network-sharing rules.
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By Miriam Hill, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Dec. 8--WASHINGTON -- Sen. Arlen Specter's hearing yesterday was supposed to focus on whether cable companies such as Comcast Corp. can wield sports programming like a club to inhibit competition.
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U.S. Federal Communications Commissioner Robert McDowell will be permitted to cast the tie- breaking vote on AT&T Inc.'s  proposed acquisition of BellSouth Corp., the agency's general counsel said on Friday.