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FCC Pulls Cable-Franchise Item from Sept. 11 Meeting Agenda
from: Broadcasting and Cable
FCC Pulls Cable-Franchise Item from Sept. 11 Meeting Agenda
Cable Operators Won’t See Franchise Rules Loosened to Level Faced by Telcos
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 9/7/2007 1:02:00 PM
The Federal Communications Commission pulled an item from its Sept. 11 public meeting that would have extended its loosened franchise rules to cable.
Bush Administration Takes Aim at Network Neutrality
from: Broadcasting and Cable
Bush Administration Takes Aim at Network Neutrality
DOJ Filing: Networks Should Be Able to Charge More for Faster Internet Service
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 9/6/2007 11:45:00 AM
In a filing in a Federal Communications Commission inquiry into the issue, the Department of Justice cautioned against what it characterized as regulations that would "hamper the development of the Internet and related services."
OH: Bill forcing Athens to look at fees, rights-of-way
from: Athens Messenger
Bill forcing Athens to look at fees, rights-of-way
September 07, 2007
CASEY S. ELLIOTT
Staff Writer
The passage of a bill in the Ohio Legislature that affected rights-of-way in municipalities and cable franchise fees, among other things, might not be as severe as Athens city officials have feared.
Channel Linguists
from: Riedel Communications
Friday, September 07, 2007
CHANNEL LINGUISTS
The study of language fascinates me. There are so many parts. The actual language itself or languages themselves. The socialization of language. How language metamorphoses over time, geographical areas or trends or necessity. The actual physical characteristics of language, such as how does the human palette form words or perhaps the tongue or the lip?. How language is learned, say by demonstration, experience or happenstance? I mean why does a child say “Momma” or “Daddy” and not “Hot Dog?” at ten or twelve months? Is it relational in which we believe that Baby loves us more than Hot Dogs or do we just drill Momma and Daddy so relentlessly the kid never has a chance to express their first linguistic desires at all whatsoever?
The Bush Administration DOJ Just Can't Do Enough For Its Friends
from: WetMachine
The Bush Administration DOJ Just Can't Do Enough For Its Friends
Today, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division announced it had filed written comments in the FCC's Inquiry Into Broadband Industry Practices, aka lets do a wussy study on net neutrality so we can pretend we are defending the public by 'being vigillant.' And — surprise, surpirse, SURPRISE! — the DOJ Antiutrust division comments look like the “Cliffsnotes version” of the AT&T filing.
FL: Public access TV backers seek reprieve from cuts
from: SP Times
Public access TV backers seek reprieve from cuts
County commissioners will make their final budget decisions Sept. 20.
By BILL VARIAN, Times Staff Writer
Published September 6, 2007
TAMPA - For months, local and state governments have heard the cry of residents wanting cuts in their tax bills.
FL: Cable TV slights channels for public
from: SP Times
Cable TV slights channels for public
By A TIMES EDITORIAL
Published September 6, 2007
In signing a law this year that deregulates cable television in Florida, Gov. Charlie Crist wrote that he "will work to ensure that this bill does not dilute the availability of public access channels." He'll have to work quickly.
FCC Poised To Extend Program Access Rules
Note: On the FCC agenda is an order to give cable companies the same leverage against cities that the Commission gave the telcos last December. Skip to the last paragraph.
from: Multichannel News
FCC Poised To Extend Program Access Rules
Vote Would Benefit DirecTV and EchoStar
By Ted Hearn
NY: Free My TV (and Computer and Phone)
from: NY Press
FREE MY TV (AND COMPUTER AND PHONE)
Hooked on cable...sucks for me
By Becca Tucker
The Groove Bros live in an Ewok Village in Bushwick. The music production team’s headquarters got its nickname because it’s divided into two stories of small, oddly-shaped rooms, one of which is partially suspended so that you can walk underneath it. In the center of the “village” is a recording studio, where they lay down tracks to be uploaded and patched to collaborating musicians.
Thousands Support Local Radio
from: Prometheus Radio Project
Thousands Support Local Radio
September 5, 2007
Thousands of concerned citizens are urging the Federal Communications Commission to limit the number of new radio licenses one group can obtain when the agency makes them available this fall.
In October, the FCC is opening a rare window for community and nonprofit organizations to build their own full-power, noncommercial radio stations across the country.
