Stephen Colbert super PAC gets FEC blessing
Formed his own super political action committee, ostensibly for satirical purposes, but the fact that his PAC has access to air time via his nightly program and it inextricably tied to media giant Viacom caused
House panel invites FCC Commissioner back to the Hill
The House Energy and Commerce Committee is giving Communications Subcommittee chair Greg Walden (R-OR) by break and sending Republican FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell over...
NFL sides with broadcasters in blackout filing
The National Football League wishes to retain its right to black out broadcast of a game from local broadcast television when the game has...
Supreme Court leaning on indecency case up in the air
We have long suspected that the ultimate result of this case will be a finding that the FCC does have an obligation to police the airwaves
Ohio rep wants cost-benefit reports from FCC
In the recent House Communications Subcommittee hearing, members discussed a draft bill that would try to reform FCC processes. The bill proposed a number...
NAB lobbying par for the course
During the first quarter of 2011, the NAB invested $3.8M lobbying in Washington on behalf of the television and radio business it represents. That is right in line with its lobbying expenses the quarter prior, and the quarter one year prior. Television issues dominated
House Republicans want OMB on FCC
Fred Upton (R-MI), Greg Walden (R-OR) and Cliff Stearns (R-FL) have found something to like about President Barack Obama, and that something is Executive...
Witnesses divided on FCC reform, but all agree on a Sunshine eclipse.
The House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet began on a collegiate note – Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Henry Waxman (D-CA) thanked...
Cross-ownership waivers extended again
For years now, the FCC rules and regulations regarding broadcast ownership and broadcast/print cross-ownership have been under review and hung up in the courts,...
FCC opens inquiry into Bloomberg/Comcast neighborhood dispute
Bloomberg is in the cable financial news business, and it believes that unless it is sited on cable systems in the same general vicinity...
Castor in line for Weiner's Commerce Committee seat
Has told local media outlets in Tampa that she expects to be named to the House Energy & Commerce Committee, filling the committee seat vacated by disgraced ex-congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY).
FCC out with closed captioning reminder
Citing the recent tornado devastation in Joplin, MO and the 2005 Hurricane Katrina, the FCC is reminding TV stations, cable operators, satellite TV services...
Flawed FCC fine appeal denied
Tennessee Technological University has gotten a lesson in the need to study regulations as well as technology. First it got fined by the FCC,...
FCC makes five ownership studies available
Five research studies that the FCC commissioned to inform its members and staff for the quadrennial review of its media ownership rules are now...
Community Media group seeks more from FCC
The Alliance for Community Media (ACM) is applauding the FCC for its Future of Media report. However, the group says it is just a...