F.C.C. Reshapes Rules Limiting Media Industry
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The Federal Communications Commission set new parameters on Tuesday for the size and scope of the largest news and cable companies.
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday adopted new rules about what parts of incumbent telephone carrier networks must be shared with competitors, backtracking on an earlier decision forcing incumbents to share local switching facilities in the residential market.
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The Federal Communications Commission voted on Tuesday to approve a controversial plan to loosen media ownership restrictions in the 20 biggest U.S. cities, despite objections from consumer groups and a threat by some U.S. senators to revoke the action.
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The panelÂs sweeping plan would mark an epochal shift for an industry that has fiercely resisted shrinkage.
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The Federal Communications Commission voted on Tuesday to loosen media ownership restrictions in the 20 biggest U.S. cities, despite objections from consumer groups and a threat by some senators to revoke the action.
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The NCAA issued new rules that limit the number of times reporters can post live blogs from a sporting event, depending on the sport they cover.
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Consumer rights advocates are decrying a "statement of principles" issued by various large broadcasting and media companies Thursday. The guidelines urge sites with user-generated content to deploy filtering technology that, experts say, has been proven to hamper various forms of fair use.
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A  rule change  proposed by the Federal Election Commission yesterday could substantially enhance the clout of the nation's business lobbies, campaign-finance lawyers said.
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U.S. SEC reporting rules that govern listed companies are too much for Creative, which has renewed plans to delist its shares.
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Hoping to reduce spiraling cable TV costs, the F.C.C. plans to strike down contracts giving cable companies exclusive rights to service individual apartment buildings.
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You wouldn't think there would be any more room at Fox, CBS , NBC, ESPN, and the NFL Network to add bodies to their programming teams, but a stunning twist to the landscape has mandated it.
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The F.C.C. voted to relax rules that had required the four large Bell telephone companies to give their rivals access to their networks at sharply discounted wholesale prices.
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A proposed new media law here could weaken Silvio Berlusconi's long-held lock on Italian television, and in the process help Rupert Murdoch.
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Several large broadcasting and Web companies came out in favor of filtering software and procedures for addressing copyright concerns in a set of guidelines released Thursday.
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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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The N.F.L. is learning how much easier it is to sell TV rights to networks than it is to operate its own cable network.
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As part of its goal to promote access to broadband services for all Americans and to encourage new facilities based broadband platforms, the Federal Communications Commission today adopted changes to Part 15 of its rules to encourage the development of