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FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel Roots For Election To Help Break 2-2 Tie On Commission, But Defends Her Record In Running Deadlocked Regulatory Body: “We’ve Turned The Noise Down”
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said she hopes the outcome of today’s elections will help break the longstanding 2-2 tie on the regulatory commission, but she also defended the body’s deadlocked body’s record during her leadership.
“We’ve turned the noise down, and turned up the number of things…
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By Dade Hayes
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Tencent Loses $20 Billion In Market Valuation Amid Chinese Government Crackdown On Gaming
Tencent lost about $20 billion in market valuation Friday, as Chinese regulators took steps to limit the number of online games and reduce screen time.
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, expressed concerns this week that game play was damaging children’s eyesight. His remarks telegraphed for tighter regulation over the…
FCC Looks To Loosen TV Station Ownership Cap In Potential Boost To Sinclair
Extending a string of 2017 de-regulatory moves, Ajit Pai, President Donald Trump’s appointee to lead the FCC, has formally begun the process of reviewing rules limiting the number of TV stations a single owner can control.
If the ownership cap is eased, as expected, by the Republican-controlled, 5-member commission…
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By Dade Hayes
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Influential Analyst Cuts Cord With Cable On Competition And Regulation Concerns
Big cable operators took a punch to the solar plexus this morning, at least as far as Wall Street is concerned. MoffettNathanson Research’s Craig Moffett — a regular among Institutional Investor‘s annual list of top cable analysts, and a longtime industry supporter — downgraded Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Charter…
Will Canadian Pay TV Customers Soon Be Able To Buy Channels Individually?
The country’s television regulators took a potentially big step in that direction on Friday — and it could reverberate in the U.S. where Big Media companies are determined to keep their lucrative pay TV packages intact. The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission said that Bell Media — the…
MPAA Lobbies Supreme Court Against Schwarzenegger's Ban On Selling Or Renting Violent Video Games To Minors
The MPAA is leading the charge on behalf of showbiz guilds against California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 2005 California law banning the sale of violent video games to minors. The lobbying group for Hollywood studios is urging the Supreme Court to uphold a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that…
FCC Stops Comcast/NBCU Clock Yet Again
Broadcasting & Cable just reported that the FCC says Comcast/NBCU returned incomplete answers and did not follow the directions in responding to a May FCC request for a bunch of information. Wanted was everything from organizational structure and channel lineups to copies of all programming agreements and detailed…
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By Nikki Finke
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YouTube Wins Viacom Copyright Lawsuit
UPDATE: In connection with the summary judgment ruling today in its litigation against Google and YouTube, Viacom Inc made the following statement:
“We believe that this ruling by the lower court is fundamentally flawed and contrary to the language of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the intent of Congress, and…
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By Nikki Finke
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Odds Stacking Against Movie Futures Start
Robert Swagger, CEO of the Trend Exchange, gave a press conference detailing his progress — or lack of it — in swaying DC politicians to remove movie futures exchanges from the financial reform legislation that is expected to be signed into law later this year. After gaining approval last week to launch from the…
“Why Hollywood Should Care About The Comcast/NBCU Deal”
I asked Andrew Jay Schwartzman, the SVP and Policy Director of the Media Access Project in Washington DC (http://www.mediaaccess.org) to write up his thoughts on the proposed merger:
Why Hollywood Should Care About the Comcast/NBCU Deal
By Andrew Jay Schwartzman
Comcast's proposed acquisition of NBCU is bad for…
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By Nikki Finke
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MERGER WORRIES: WGAW Complains To FCC That Comcast-NBCU Threatens Competition & Content Diversity
Washington, DC – The Writers Guild of America, West called on regulators today to impose strict guidelines on the proposed merger of Comcast-NBCU in order to protect competition, ensure the value of creative product, and to promote broadcast and cable program diversity and independence.
In its filing to the Federal…
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By Nikki Finke
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Box Office Futures Bid Approved For Media Derivates; Only Congress Stands In Way
UPDATE WRITE-THRU: Last weekend, Karate Kid vastly outperformed estimates, proving that even though the plots of films are predictable this summer, the box office outcome certainly isn’t. It was in that climate that the creators of the new Media Derivatives box office futures business held its press conference after…
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