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May 1, 2008
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FCC Ban Gets Bad Reception The FCC adopted the rule banning exclusive cable contracts to foster increased price competition among cable providers and provide residents of multifamily buildings with more choice.   |
The Motley Fool
September 11, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Who Will Control Your Broadband? The Cable-Telecom skirmish is beginning to hit home for apartment and condo dwellers. If the FCC has its way, they may soon be able to freely choose their broadband providers. |
Home Theater
May 28, 2009 |
Court Nixes Cable Apartment Exclusives Do you live in an apartment building served by cable? If so, you're probably resigned to your local cable operator having a monopoly. But the U.S. Court of Appeals says that's not the way it has to be. |
Home Theater
April 2, 2008
Mark Fleischmann |
FCC Bans Apartment Exclusives Tenants are no longer to select telecom service providers dictated by their landlords. |
Home Theater
September 14, 2007 |
FCC Adopts Cable Transition Rules This week the Federal Communications Commission finally decided on "must carry" rules. All channels on your local airwaves must be available to all cable subscribers, whether their TVs are digital or analog. |
Home Theater
March 18, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
Court Broadens Cable Program Access A federal appeals court has forbidden cable operators to maintain exclusive access to programming from networks they own. |
The Motley Fool
March 14, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Comcast May Face FCC Skirmish FCC Chairman Kevin Martin may have proposed a ceiling on the number of cable subscribers that can be served by any one company. Nevertheless, investors with an appetite for solid, well-managed media companies should keep a close eye on Comcast. |
InternetNews
April 14, 2008 |
FCC to Look Into Firms' Use of Customer Data Staff at the Federal Communications Commission are expected to recommend that it review rules on how phone and cable companies can use customer information as they try to take business from each other. |
Home Theater
February 26, 2009 |
Cable Shows to Go Online Cable operators are leading the effort to put cable programming on the internet. |
InternetNews
February 10, 2006
Roy Mark |
Video Competition Boosting Broadband Penetration High-speed Internet service is riding on the battle between Bells and cable companies. |
InternetNews
January 11, 2007
Roy Mark |
FCC Pushes for Competitive Set-Top Market The Federal Communications Commission denies Comcast request for delay in separating security features from set-top digital receivers. |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2005
Rich Duprey |
No Jams on Info Freeway The Supreme Court says cable Internet operations are information providers, not telecoms. Information services will inevitably evolve over time, and this ruling will help foster new developments. |
Home Theater
November 7, 2008 |
Cable Must Carry Broadcast Channels Following the DTV transition next February, cable systems will be required to carry broadcast channels. |
Home Theater
January 25, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
Cable Sports Loophole Closed FCC votes to prevent video providers from withholding local sports. |
Home Theater
September 1, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
Court Knocks FCC Cable Limit Until recently, no single cable operator was allowed to dominate more than 30 percent of the U.S. market. But a court has thrown out the Federal Communications Commission's market cap, eliminating a rule that's been the law of the land since 1992. |
The Motley Fool
November 23, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Are They Ganging Up on Comcast? Comcast is currently doing battle with the FCC chairman, the NFL, and at least one of its subscribers. |
The Motley Fool
March 30, 2005
Rich Duprey |
Controlling Interest in Net Access Supreme Court hears the case of opening cable Internet access to competition and regulation. The decision will have important consequences that may become irrelevant if satellites, power lines or other means of transmission become more prevalent. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
July 25, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Can Cable Still Reward Shareholders? The sector's done well lately, but what new issues might cable operators be facing? Time Warner Cable... Comcast... etc. |
Home Theater
February 1, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
Satellite Ops Sue Over MA Tax DirecTV, Dish say the tax will drive their subscribers to cable. |
InternetNews
August 1, 2005
Roy Mark |
FCC Chief Pushing For DSL Deregulation New FCC chairman circulating proposal to give telcos' broadband the same status as cable modems. |
InternetNews
April 8, 2004
Roy Mark |
DOJ Joins FCC in Cable Case The agencies ask a court to hold off on enforcing a ruling that could force cable companies to open broadband networks to rival ISPs. |
The Motley Fool
July 10, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Could Cable Get Boxed In? New FCC mandates could ultimately hurt the cable multisystems operators. The commission wants consumers to be able to purchase their own set-top boxes, theoretically to reduce the MSOs' control over the entire subscription process. Investors, take note. |
Home Theater
October 15, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
CEA Applauds New CableCARD Rules Stiffened FCC regs follow years of halfhearted cable compliance. |
InternetNews
December 6, 2004
Roy Mark |
Supreme Court to Hear Broadband Access Case Justices will review the 9th Circuit decision that overturned the FCC on cable modem providers sharing their fiber optic lines with ISPs. |
Home Theater
June 21, 2007 |
CableCARD Cost to Hit Comcast Customers Comcast has become the first cable operator to announce that it will pass on one particular cost of CableCARD-capable boxes to its subscribers. |
InternetNews
March 29, 2005
Roy Mark |
Supreme Court Questions FCC Cable Modem Regs Cable industry, FCC tell high court it's lawful to deny ISPs access to cable broadband lines. |
Home Theater
July 6, 2007 |
Verizon Dodges FCC CableCARD Rules Starting on July 1, all non-broadcast television providers are required under federal law to support the CableCARD standard and storebought cable boxes - with very few exceptions. One of those exceptions is Verizon. |
InternetNews
June 27, 2005
Roy Mark |
Court Backs Cable in Brand X Case The Supreme Court ruled that cable broadband providers do not have to share their lines with independent Internet service providers. |
Home Theater
March 12, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
ABC Fight Prompts Cable Plea Cable ops petition for new rules following Oscar-night fracas. |
InternetNews
August 30, 2004
Roy Mark |
FCC Sends Cable Dispute to Supreme Court Agency wants high court to overturn decision forcing cable companies to share high-speed lines with other ISPs. |
BusinessWeek
January 31, 2005
Cliff Edwards |
Interactive TV: What's In The Cards? It's electronics companies vs. the cable giants in a battle over digital services |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2010
David Lee Smith |
Don't Miss Cable's New Lift-Off Both Comcast and Time Warner Cable appear to be handling competition nicely. |
InternetNews
April 1, 2004
Roy Mark |
Court Refuses to Review FCC Modem Rule Ninth Circuit upholds decision saying cable broadband is subject to common carrier rules. |
Home Theater
April 30, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
TiVo Pleads for Cable Parity TiVo asks Congress to make retail devices as functional as leased ones. |
Home Theater
November 14, 2008 |
Times Are Hard? Raise Cable Rates! Home prices are plummeting, people are maxing out their credit cards, the stock market is in convulsions, health care costs are out of control, and the economy is rocketing into recession. America needs a morale booster. What better time to raise cable television rates? |
Home Theater
June 3, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
Cable Cleans Up Its Act Two cable operators improve customer service to prevent cord cutting. |
The Motley Fool
August 22, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Cable Companies, Why Don't You Like Technology? While the triple play is luring customers, cable will still need wireless to compete. |
Salon.com
June 7, 2002
Jeffrey Benner |
Getting a lock on broadband How the FCC is paving the way for a few big companies to control everyone's high-speed Internet access. |
InternetNews
March 23, 2005
Roy Mark |
Brand X Case Challenges Open Access Rules Supreme Court to hear case questioning 2002 FCC decision declaring cable modems an information service. |
The Motley Fool
February 29, 2008
Anders Bylund |
How IPTV Could Conquer Cable In the next few years, TV delivered over the Internet will force cable and satellite broadcast operators to alter the ways in which they do business. |
InternetNews
April 15, 2004
Roy Mark |
Independent ISPs Vow Open Access Fight New political and lobbying group plans to rally subscribers to pressure Congress into making cable lines open to competition. |
The Motley Fool
February 12, 2007
David Lee Smith |
The Television Giants Are Rumbling A look at the conflict between broadcast companies and cable operators and what investors should pay particular attention to. |
Home Theater
February 7, 2008
Mark Fleischmann |
Cable Nets Hit FCC on Dual Channels Will dual digital and analog versions of local broadcast TV stations push small cable networks out of cable systems? That's what some cable networks fear. And they're voicing their fear by suing the Federal Communications Commission. |
Home Theater
July 27, 2007 |
Cable-DVR Adoption Surges More than half of cable subscribers will have digital video recorders by 2010, according to a rather expensive study. |
The Motley Fool
February 26, 2007
David Lee Smith |
CBS' Ship Comes In CBS announced last week it had completed a series of agreements with cable systems companies. Investors, stay tuned. |
The Motley Fool
December 7, 2007
David Lee Smith |
You Sank My Comcast Battleship! With more competition, regulation lurking, and growth slowing, Comcast's world has worsened. |
InternetNews
February 19, 2004
Robyn Greenspan |
DBS Satisfaction Hits the Roof Satellite TV watchers are happier with their service than cable subscribers, but high satisfaction rates do little to impact new installations. |
InternetNews
January 15, 2008 |
Comcast Gets FCC Notice on Web Blocking Comcast faces an FCC investigation following complaints of BitTorrent throttling. |
Home Theater
March 25, 2008 |
Cable Ops Harass CableCARD Users Major cable operators are now cutting off program options to viewers who opted to dump their cable boxes for CableCARDS. |
The Motley Fool
March 28, 2008
David Lee Smith |
Can You Hear Me Now, Cable Guys? Adding wireless capability could boost cable's competitive advantage. |
