Captions – By Law or By Court Ruling?
Could a lawsuit in California trigger increased regulation of Internet-delivered video or is this just a pointer as to where things are going with online video? The San Jose Mercury News reported in...
View ArticleHard Questions for ISPs
It isn’t often that a former boss and mentor’s son makes the news. My first professional awareness of André Vrignaud was last September when I read an announcement that he had moved from one Seattle...
View ArticleFCC Restarts 180 Day Clock on AT&T/ T-Mobile Merger- Cutting through all the...
Tick Tock, Tick Tock The FCC is restarting the informal clock on the AT&T/ T-Mobile Merger effective today. “As such, today, August 26, 2011, is Day 83 under the time clock,” Rich Kaplan, Head of...
View ArticleEveryone Is a Journalist
The power of low-cost video and image capture coupled with the distribution power of social networks is literally changing the face of government across the world. An important ruling this week from...
View ArticleFCC Reinstates Video Description Rules, But More To Come
[Editor's Note: Robert Primosch is a Partner with the Washington, D.C.-based, communications law firm Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP] Providers of video, voice and/or data services (and their vendors)...
View ArticleFCC Proposes to Extend DTV Viewability Rule for Cable Systems
[Editor's Note: Bob Primosch is a Partner with the communications law firm Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP, Washington, D.C. (rprimosch at wbklaw dot com)] The FCC has issued a Fourth Notice of Proposed...
View ArticleGive Us Visibility
With over 650 telecommunications’ operators behind last week’s letter that was sent to the FCC and their elected representatives, the rural telecom industry is as united as it ever has been. In the...
View ArticleTop US Telcos Reject Broadband Connect America Funding
Ten of the nation’s largest carriers were invited to participate in the Connect America Funding program, offered by the Federal Communications Commission. The fund would pay carriers $775 per...
View ArticleFCC Allows Prohibition on Exclusive Cable Programming Contracts to Expire
[Editor's Note: Paul Feldman is an attorney with the communications law firm Fletcher, Heald and Hildreth, Washington, D.C. (feldman at fhhlaw.com)] Recently, the FCC released a Report and Order and...
View ArticleFollow the Money – Sports Programming, Golden Goose & Possible TV Revolution
Although not explicitly stated by any of the panelists, the political adage, “follow the money,” was an underlying theme to the Broadband Unlimited Webinar on Retransmission Consent held on Friday...
View ArticleGoogle Fiber – A Step Function Connectivity Improvement
A step function improvement in capability is how Milo Medin described Google’s Kansas City fiber project at the February 13th IEEE ComSoc meeting in Santa Clara. That huge improvement in customer...
View ArticleTC3 Part 2: Likely Strategic Goals for Next FCC Chairman; Obstacles Ahead
Introduction This is the second article covering the Telecom Council’s annual TC3 summit. The first article covered start-up company value propositions and the SPIFFY Award Winners. This piece is...
View ArticleNew FCC Chair Tom Wheeler Faces Challenges in 2014
The Senate voted unanimously to confirm President Obama’s two nominations to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), overcoming obstacles by Republican lawmakers, especially TX Senator Ted Cruz....
View ArticleHow is the Public Interest Served When Broadcasters Depict Illegal Behavior...
A recent episode of CBS’ hit series, Two Broke Girls, was thought-provoking; thought-provoking in the sense that it made me ponder, “In 2013, what is the public interest with regards to television...
View ArticleFCC Delays Reverse Auction till 2015; Spectrum Aggregation & Ownership Limits?
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has delayed the “Broadcast Television Spectrum Incentive Auction” until 2015. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler published a blog post Friday announcing the delay,...
View ArticleNet Neutrality Ruling – The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning?
In his January 8th speech at the Computer History Musuem (CHM), F.C.C. Chairman Tom Wheeler said we were in the midst of a transition to a “4th Generation Network” which had an “Open Internet” as it’s...
View ArticleAll-IP Network Transition Plan at FCC’s Jan 30th Open Commission Meeting
Introduction: During his January 8th speech at the Computer History Museum (CHM) , FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler told the CHM audience that the U.S. was in a transition to a “4th Network Revolution” that...
View ArticleFCC’s “All IP” Network Transitions Trials – What to Expect
Introduction: At its January 30th Open Commission Meeting, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to approve a petition AT&T had filed (in November 2012) to conduct trials of an...
View ArticleAT&T to Test All-IP Phone Network in 2 U.S. Cities
AT&T will begin pilot testing all-digital IP phone networks in West Delray Beach, Florida, and Carbon Hill, Alabama, as part of the U.S. carrier’s push to move away from legacy switched telephone...
View ArticleFCC Set to Act on Net Neutrality at May 15th Meeting
On April 23rd, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler said that he’d circulate his net neutrality proposal to other commissioners on Thursday of this week, in preparation for a vote at...
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