Federal Communications Commission

John McCain: Cable TV, the right way

2013-05-22 16:46:00

America's 100 million cable and satellite subscribers are forced to pay ever-higher bills for a growing number of channels they do not watch. The American people are being ripped off. Meanwhile, services such as iTunes and Netflix have led a...

Supreme Court upholds FCC power in cellphone tower case

2013-05-21 00:00:00

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's two leading conservatives staked out opposite stands Monday over whether judges should play a greater role in second-guessing regulations issued by "unelected bureaucrats" in federal agencies. The divide arose when...

News Corp. hires Toni Cook Bush to oversee lobbying after split

2013-05-15 12:44:00

News Corp. has hired a D.C. heavyweight to handle its lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill after it becomes primarily a newspaper publishing company. Antoniette "Toni" Cook Bush will join News Corp. next month as its executive vice president and global head...

FCC moves toward opening airwaves for in-flight Internet

2013-05-10 00:00:00

The Federal Communications Commission took a step toward improving Web access for air travelers, voting to write rules to open frequencies for an air-to-ground Internet service proposed by Qualcomm Inc. In a 4-0 vote Thursday, the FCC advanced the...

McCain is prepping legislation to overhaul pay-TV business

2013-05-09 04:30:00

The maverick wants to cook the TV industry's golden goose. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is preparing to introduce legislation perhaps as early as Thursday that would dramatically overhaul the television business and will probably be met with strong...

PTC, Morality in Media press Congress over FCC indecency rules

2013-05-08 07:00:00

Angry about a proposal to relax the Federal Communications Commission's rules regulating indecent content on broadcast television and radio, the Parents Television Council and Morality in Media are� pressing Congress to stop the regulatory agency in its...

Give cable TV subscribers more freedom of choice

2013-05-07 00:00:00

President Obama has nominated venture capitalist Tom Wheeler, a former lobbyist for the cable and the wireless industries, to serve as head of the Federal Communications Commission. "Tom knows this stuff inside and out," Obama said. If that's true, I...

MetroPCS shareholders approve takeover by T-Mobile

2013-04-24 09:15:00

MetroPCS shareholders on Wednesday approved the company's acquisition by T-Mobile after T-Mobile sweetened its offer for the nation's fifth-largest wireless carrier. The deal was approved after Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile's parent company, reduced the...

'Boston Strong': A proud city shines through its pain

2013-04-20 23:45:00

BOSTON — The unofficial new slogan of this bomb-scarred city was everywhere Saturday. On highway signs along Interstate 90 and T-shirts in the storied Italian neighborhood of the North End. On placards held up by sticks in the Public Garden, and...

When public infrastructure goes private

2013-04-12 00:00:00

Consider some of the things that have bound our nation together: Universal postal service at a flat rate, whether you live in Santa Monica or Sitka, Alaska. Interstate highways, built with taxpayer funds and free of tolls. Regulated phone and electric...

Sean 'Diddy' Combs to launch Revolt TV in July

2013-04-16 14:16:00

“The revolution will be televised.” That's what Sean “Diddy” Combs promises for his lifestyle cable network, Revolt, set to launch in July. Ahead of the launch, the hip-hop mogul has rolled out a social media campaign to tease...

Taxpayers failing to get their fair share of wireless gold rush

2013-04-16 00:00:00

Satellite TV provider Dish Network says it's thinking only of customers as it offers $25.5 billion to buy Sprint Nextel, the third-biggest U.S. wireless company. "A transformative Dish/Sprint merger will create the only company that can offer...

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski, left, and FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell arrive to testify before the Senate Commerce Committee on March 12.

2013-03-22 06:33:16

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski embraces assistant Maria Gaglio after he announced he was stepping down.

2013-03-22 00:00:00

As expected, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski is exiting as head of the regulatory agency that oversee the media and telecommunications industries.

2013-03-22 00:00:00