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US Supreme Court upholds government ban on profanity
Washington - The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled the government has the right to fine...
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Digital TV Switch Marks Historic Moment
For hundreds of U.S. television network stations the days of analog broadcasting will very soon be...
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FCC Targets TV Stations Going Through With Digital TV Switch
The owners of over 100 television stations that had planned to go ahead with the switch to digital...
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Scammers Behind Super Bowl Porn Clip Not Caught Yet
Philadelphia-based cable television provider Comcast apologized and promised to find the ones...
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FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to Step Down
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Kevin J. Martin, who was appointed by the Bush...
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Kathy Griffin’s Live Remarks “Inappropriate,” CNN Says
What happens during CNN’s New Year’s Eve telecast does not stay with the channel....
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Lawmakers Oblige FCC to Delay Contentious Plans
In December, the Federal Communications Commission plans on starting an auction for a share of the...
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Supreme Court To Rule On FCC’s Ban On “Fleeting Expletives”
Tuesday, a
case concerning indecent speech during radio and television broadcasts was
heard by...
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FCC Opens Up Unused Airwaves
Tuesday,
the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gave the go-ahead to a plan issued
by...
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Fleeting Expletives Brought Before The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court discussed on Tuesday the problem of dirty
words on television and, while...
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Supreme Court Hears Case about Dirty Talk on TV
Tuesday, the
Supreme Court heard a case concerning the use of indecent speech on live
television...
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FCC Vs. F-Word in Supreme Court
Justices of the Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday to mull a 30-year-old indecency law in...
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Broadcasters Oppose FCC’s White Spaces Report
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) is currently challenging a
report issued by the...
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FCC's Decision On The Unregulated Spectrum Criticized
Two days ago, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued
a statement, saying that the...
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FCC Report Gives the Go-Ahead to Free Wireless Web
Two days
ago, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a report stating that the use of...
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FCC Plans Tours in 80 Markets to Increase Awareness of DTV Transition
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been working on a nationwide strategy to increase...
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FCC Takes One Step Further in Making Digital TV Switch-Over Public
U.S.
communications commissioners will be traveling throughout the whole country
during the next...
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Comcast Prepares For Doomsday: Unfavorable Decision On The Way
Five FCC commissioners are expected to announce later this
week the decision against Comcast’s...
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The $550,000 Fine Is Overturned by Court
The $550,000 indecency fine against CBS, regarding Janet
Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” at the...
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FCC Heavily Penalized Wardrobe Malfunction Rejected by Appeals Court
It’s been a good four years but the controversy is far from
over – having a federal appeals court...
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Court Cancels CBS Indecency Fine For the 2004 Super Bowl Incident
A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that CBS should not
be held responsible for the event that...
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Kevin Martin Plans to Sanction Comcast for Imposing Web Restrictions
Kevin Martin, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, said that he will ask the...
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Grammy-Winning Legendary Comic George Carlin Dies at 71
Four-time Grammy winner comedian George Carlin died at 71 in Los Angeles. He passed away on Sunday...
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FOX Sued By Justice Department For Refusing To Pay FCC Fine
Lawyers representing the U.S. Justice Department have filed a lawsuit against FOX Television...
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FCC Investigating "60 Minutes" Alabama Blackout
The Federal Communications Commission has decided to look into a recent blackout on an Alabama...
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Fox TV Fined For Indecency
The Federal Communications Commission decided to reject Fox’s arguments that the reality...
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ABC To Be Fined For 2003 Indecency Incident
ABC is in hot water nearly five years after airing an episode of “NYPD Blue” that...
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ABC Faces $1.4 Million Fine Over 'NYPD Blue' Nude Scene
US television network ABC is facing a $1.4 million fine brought by the Federal Communications...
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Court To Review Jane Jackson’s ‘Wardrobe Malfunction’
Janet Jackson’s "accident" in which her breast was briefly exposed in front of 90 million...
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Apple Considers Wireless Spectrum Bid- Report
Apple might enter the competition for the wireless spectrum bid to be held on January 16 next year,...
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Business
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FCC to Draw Up a Plan for Auctioning Public Airwaves
This
December, the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is
expected to draw up a...
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Google Prepares Its Strategy For 'Attacking' The White Spaces
California’s San Jose hosted yesterday the Wireless
Communications Association International...
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Update: FCC's Ruling Will Lead To Significant Changes
Despite the opposition of many broadcasters, producers and
other franchises, the Federal...
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FCC's Decides On The Unregulated Spectrum
The Federal Communications Commission reached the unanimous
decision that the air waves must be...
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The White Space Battle May Come To An End
On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote on a measure that would make...
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FCC's White Space Ruling Is Just One Day Away
The Federal Communications Commission is expected to reach a conclusion tomorrow on the highly...
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Google And Microsoft Support The White Spaces
As previously reported the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) issued an attack two weeks...
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Lawmakers, Concerned about Google Spectrum Plan
The National Football League, Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association and NASCAR...
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FCC Report Gives The Go-Ahead To Free Wireless Web
Two days
ago, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a report stating that the use of...
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Comcast Fights Back
The Federal Communications Commission considered that Comcast Corp. violated federal policy by...
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Comcast Appeals FCC’s Ruling That It Violated Internet Access Policy
On Friday, the Federal Communications Committee ruled by a
vote of 3-2 that Comcast Corporation...
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Comcast Makes 250 GB Internet Usage Cap Official
Comcast, the country’s largest Internet service provider,
made official on Thursday its new...
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Comcast Cannot Shake The FCC At All
As a result of the conclusion reached by the Federal
Communications Commission regarding Comcast’s...
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FCC Approves First Android-Powered HTC Phone For T-Mobile
On Monday the Federal Communications Commission approved what appears to be the world's first...
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On Friday, The Federal Communications Commission Ruled Against Comcast
On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to support the complaint filed against...
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FCC vs. Comcast: Freedom Fighter vs. Grand Inquisitor?
The recent FCC decision to enforce action against Comcast over its network management policies...
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FCC’s Take on Comcast’s Traffic Management Coming Soon
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has scheduled a meeting for Friday during which one of...
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F.C.C. Finally Approves Sirius-XM Satellite Radio Merger
The two satellite radio pioneers, Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio Holdings, have...
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Sirius-XM Merger Very Close To Get FCC Approval
The New York, subscription-based satellite radio firm Sirius Satellite is very close to getting the...
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FCC Chief Recommends Comcast Imposed Web Restrictions To Be Barred
Federal regulators are ready to take some action against Internet
providers that intend to...
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FCC Rules Against Verizon
On Friday, the U.S. Federal Communications
Commission ruled against Verizon in a matter regarding...
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FCC Chairman Kevin Martin Backs Sirius-XM Merger
The Justice Department said in late March that fears over the fact that the merger would hurt...
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FCC Chief Presents Plan for Early Termination Fee
Kevin Martin, the chairman of the Federal Communications
Commission, has announced a plan that...
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The FCC Considers That Less Is More When It Comes to ETFs
The Federal Communications Commission recently scheduled a
hearing in order to discuss the highly...
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FCC Delays Its Wireless Network Plans
The Federal Communications Commission’s plan to offer free high-speed
wireless Internet all across...
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The FCC Prepares For Spectrum Auction Debate
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced its decision to move forward with its plans to...
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FCC to Regulate Early Termination Fees for Mobile Phone Service
The president of the Federal Communications Commission
announced Friday that the commission is...
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FCC’s Dispute On Broadband Access
On Thursday, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission had
its widely anticipated hearing on...
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FCC Fines Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Target, Best Buy over DTV Rules
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has underlined the fact that the transition to digital...
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Comcast Turns The Page on Traffic Management
Accused of interfering with the traffic towards certain
Internet file-sharing services, Comcast...
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Technology
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FCC Working on Plan to Deliver Broadband to Americans
As of yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission is concentrating its efforts to create a...
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Group Urges FCC to Investigate Restriction of Skype for iPhone
Free Press, a nonpartisan advocacy group concerned with media reform, called on the Federal...
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The Digital TV Switch Is Timidly Taking Place
The Federal Communications Commission announced over the weekend that the original list of 368...
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House Approves DTV Delay, Moves Transition Date To June 12
As the February 17 deadline approached, the uncertainty about the digital TV switch continued....
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Palm Pre to Launch Next Month???
Rumors that the Palm Pre smartphone will be released next month have exploded on the internet....
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Verizon Launches Home Phone, The Hub
Verizon Wireless has just launched a VOIP-based and Linux-powered home phone on Friday, the Verizon...
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FCC Chairman Kevin Martin Announces Resignation
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin has announced his resignation...
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FCC Chairman Kevin Martin Expresses Concern Over DTV Possible Delay
Following demands from President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team to postpone the...
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The Digital Switch Is Still a Controversial Subject
Television will go digital on February 17 but for more than a year, broadcasters across the country...
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Sony Announces New Vaio
A countdown webpage launched by Sony New Zealand reveals that on January 9, 2009, a new Vaio laptop...
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White House Is Against the FCC Wireless Internet Plan
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced it was canceling a December 18 meeting in...
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Lawmakers Push For Net Neutrality Legislation
Starting next year, net neutrality legislation is likely to
become a reality, now that a new...
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IBM Will Develop Broadband across Power Grid
Big Blue says it has been hired to develop, in cooperation
with rural electricity companies, a...
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The FCC Approved The Use Of White Space
The FCC gave their approval on Tuesday for the use of white space by Wi-Fi devices, allowing...
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FCC Voted Unanimously to Open Up White Spaces Spectrum
Tuesday,
November 4, while American citizens were electing their next president, the
Federal...
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FCC Frees The White Spaces To Give Consumers "WiFi On Steroids"
The Federal Communications Commission has finally given green
light to the much disputed issue of...
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FCC Chairman Disappointed Over Decision To Delay Phone-Rate Voting
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin has
halted the voting on the...
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The White Space Battle May Come to An End
On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote on a measure that would make...
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White Space Debate Intensifies
As the Federal Communications Commission prepares to deliver
the vote on the controversial issue...
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White Spaces: As Dolly Parton Asks For Time, Mundie Lobbies For Action
Just days before the Federal Communications Commission
members are scheduled to cast their vote on...
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Google and Microsoft Support the White Spaces
As previously reported the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) issued an attack two weeks...
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Cox Goes Wireless in ’09 With Bundle Of Offerings
Cox Communications today confirmed plans to offers customers wireless services as of next year,...
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Sports Technology Alliance Requests Delay On White Space Vote
A number of lawmakers and professional sports organizations
have been urging the Federal...
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More Questions for the FCC’s Report on White Spaces
A couple of
weeks ago, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Kevin Martin introduced...
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Concerns Are Raised Against White Spaces
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has been asked by Several U.S. lawmakers and...
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Update1: Comcast To Offer Incredibly Fast Internet Access
Comcast, the largest U.S. operator and residential Internet service provider, said Wednesday that...
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Broadcasters, Tech Companies React To FCC’s White Spaces Report
Immediately after the Federal Communications Commission released a report on a second round of...
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FCC Chairman Supports the Use of 'white space' Spectrum
Kevin Martin, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman, said Wednesday during a rather...
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White Space, Ready to Be Used?
The FCC has finally released its long awaited report regarding “white space” prototype devices. The...
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Will FCC Free The White Spaces? 2nd Test Looks Promising
After conducting a second set of measurements on the
capabilities of prototype white space...
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