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Local anchor drops F-bomb into live mike

May 13, 08 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A longtime local anchor in New York got her viewers' undivided attention during a promo last night when she said the F-word live, the New York Daily News reports. After the wrong video played as she teased the upcoming news during Medium, 28-year WNBC veteran Sue Simmons said, "... More »

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New York City • FCC • local news • NBC News • Sue Simmons

FCC to Test
TV's Digital Era in N. Carolina

Wilmington will be
feds' guinea pig
to phase out analog

May 7, 08 8:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wilmington, NC, will be a test market for the switchover to all-digital television, the Wall Street Journal reports. The US as a whole is to change from analog signals by Feb. 17, but Wilmington could flip by Sept. 8 as broadcasters and the Federal Communications Commissions worry over how the... More »

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television • FCC • North Carolina • digital television • analog networks • Wilmington

XM and Sirius Delay Meetings as FCC Weighs Merger

State officials oppose satellite giants' plans despite Justice approval

Apr 30, 08 2:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - XM and Sirius both postponed annual shareholder meetings as they awaited final FCC approval of their planned merger, the Washington Post reports. The nation’s only satellite-radio operators are expected to win approval, but their plans have faced new criticism from lawmakers and state attorneys, and there may yet be... More »

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Department of Justice • Sirius • FCC • XM Satellite Radio • mergers

Daily News Owner Makes Newsday Bid

Zuckerman v. Murdoch fight may hinge on
who can clear FCC

Apr 26, 08 6:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Daily News owner Mort Zuckerman has matched Rupert Murdoch's bid for Newsday, the New York Times reports—but didn't go a penny over the $580 million the New York Post owner offered. Instead Zuckerman claimed his bid is the better one because, unlike Murdoch's, it doesn't run the risk of... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Sam Zell • FCC • Tribune Company • Cablevision • New York Post • Newsday • New York Daily News • Mortimer Zuckerman

Murdoch Calls FCC Bluff With Newsday Move

News Corp. would need waiver to dodge anti-consolidation rules

Apr 23, 08 6:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch is betting new federal standards limiting media ownership to one TV station and one newspaper (per market) won't keep him from buying a fifth New York outlet. The mogul has long held waivers to control media in excess of the rules, and he doesn't think recent enforcement pledges... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • FCC • Wall Street Journal • New York Post • Newsday • News Corp • waiver • WNYW-TV • WWOR-TV

Google Accused of 'Gaming'
FCC Auction

Lawmakers say firm made fake bids to trigger open access

Apr 16, 08 3:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Republican lawmakers are charging that Google manipulated an FCC bandwidth auction to get a free ride on the airwaves, PC World reports. The internet giant is accused of bidding purely to bump up the price to a level where rules trigger open access—and then walking away, leaving Verizon to... More »

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Google • FCC • Verizon • radio spectrum • telecommunications • spectrum auction • 700 Mhz

AT&T, Verizon Plan New WiFi in Old TV Spectrum

Telecoms envision WiFi that can penetrate deep into buildings

Apr 6, 08 1:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Verizon and AT&T are talking big about recent bandwidth acquisitions at an FCC auction, the Washington Post reports. The companies promised fast, high-tech new networks in the next few years based on long-range frequencies, newly available from television broadcasters, that can penetrate deep into buildings. A Verizon spokesman... More »

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FCC • Verizon • spectrum auction • telecommunications companies • wireless technology • AT&T • AT&T Wireless

Justice Dept. Sues Fox
Over Raunchy
Reality Show

Latest round in indecency battle

Apr 5, 08 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Justice Department has stepped in to force Fox to pay up $56,000 in indecency fines levied by the FCC but challenged by the broadcaster, Variety reports. Eight Fox-owned stations are being sued to collect fines for a 2003 episode of "Married by America" that featured men at... More »

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television • reality TV • Department of Justice • FCC • indecency • Fox • broadcasting

Whew! Google Saved by the Highest Bidder

Search giant OK with not winning FCC spectrum auction

Apr 4, 08 1:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google nearly became the unenthused owner of a $4.71 billion slice of wireless airwaves in a recent Federal Communications Commission auction, the New York Times reports. Its bid was part of a deal with the FCC to open some spectrum to third-party services, but for much of the bidding,... More »

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Google • FCC • Verizon • cell phone industry • spectrum auction • wireless industry • AT&T Wireless

FCC Boss Nixes Bid to Open Up Wireless Networks

Systems already 'open enough,' he says

Apr 2, 08 6:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - The head of the FCC has rejected a request from Skype to open up wireless networks to outside devices, AP reports. The Internet phone provider wanted wireless operations included in a 1968 FCC decision that required AT&T to open up its network beyond its own devices that paved the... More »

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FCC • wireless • Verizon • Skype • telecommunications • Michael Copps • Kevin Martin • wireless industry • networks

Comcast Bends Under Net Neutrality Pressure

Promises new system for managing network, probably by end of year

Mar 28, 08 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Comcast is changing the way it manages Internet traffic after an intense public and FCC outcry over its blocking traffic from BitTorrent users. To cut use during peak hours, the Internet provider will stop targeting specific applications and instead slow its highest-bandwidth users’ traffic, reports the New York Times.... More »

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Internet • Comcast • FCC • net neutrality • ISP • bandwidth usage

TV Newbie Verizon to FCC: Help Cable Users Switch

Move highlights telecom turf war

Mar 27, 08 1:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Verizon rolls out its subscription-TV service, the company has asked the FCC to make the switch from cable easier for consumers, the Washington Post reports. In its petition, Verizon asked for the authority to shut off its customers’ cable services on their behalf, arguing that the switchover process is... More »

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television • FCC • Verizon • telecommunications • wireless service • cable operators • cable industry • FiOS

Fox Thumbs Nose at $91K FCC Fine

Calls indecency ruling on strippers 'arbitrary and capricious'

Mar 25, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Think strippers and whipped cream is indecent? Pshaw, says Fox, which wants the FCC to drop a $91,000 indecency fine for a 2003 episode of “Married by America” in which contestants at rowdy parties licked whipped cream off topless strippers. The network originally was fined $1.2 million,... More »

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FCC • indecency • Fox • stripper

Google Still Wants Unused TV 'White Space' for Wireless Web

Broadcasters remain fearful of interference

Mar 24, 08 4:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google is re-doubling its efforts to get the FCC to allow the development of unused space in the TV spectrum for wireless Internet service, the Wall Street Journal reports. "The vast majority of viable spectrum in this country simply goes unused," the tech giant wrote to the commission.... More »

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Google • FCC • WiFi • Internet service providers • spectrum • unused spectrum • TV 'white space'

 Satellite Merger Clears Hurdle 

Justice Dept. doesn't see threat to competition; FCC must still weigh in

Mar 24, 08 3:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Justice Department today approved the proposed merger between satellite radio firms Sirius and XM, the Wall Street Journal reports. The FCC must still sign off, but the pair appears to have allayed antitrust concerns about the merger of the industry's two largest companies by arguing that they face competition... More »

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radio • Department of Justice • satellite radio • music industry • Sirius • FCC • mergers and acquisitions • competition • XM Satellite Radio • music distribution • consolidation

AT&T, Verizon Will Dominate New Airwaves

Wireless spectrum auction saw no major first-time entrant

Mar 21, 08 1:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - AT&T and Verizon were the two top bidders in the airwaves auction that ended this week, representing 80% of the FCC’s record $19.6 billion haul and positioning themselves to offer advanced wireless Internet services, reports the Wall Street Journal. Google, sans licenses, was another winner,... More »

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Google • FCC • Verizon • cell phone industry • spectrum auction • wireless industry • mobile Internet • AT&T

FCC Airwaves Auction
Sets Record

But a band that required open access drew a low price

Mar 19, 08 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The FCC earned a record $19.6 billion auctioning soon-to-be-available airwaves to wireless network providers, the Wall Street Journal reports after months of bidding closed yesterday. While the auction exceeded the $15 billion the agency expected, it could have earned still more if it hadn’t placed restrictions on certain... More »

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Google • FCC • spectrum auction • bandwidth • telecoms • open access

 Supremes to Weigh
 On-Air Swearing 

Fox battles the FCC in next big court case

Mar 17, 08 1:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court might take up a gavel in one hand and a bar of soap in the other next term, when it considers a case challenging the FCC’s “fleeting utterances” standards, it announced today. The FCC is appealing a lower-court ruling—which arose when Cher dropped an... More »

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television • CBS • FCC • indecency • Janet Jackson • profanity • Fox • wardrobe malfunction • US Supreme Court • constitutionality • swearing

 Gates to FCC: Give Us 
 More WiFi Spectrum 

Urges regulators to approve Internet use of TV "white space"

Mar 14, 08 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - A month after Microsoft failed its second opportunity to convince the FCC that companies could deliver broadband Internet via unused TV frequencies without interfering with programming, Bill Gates pushed regulators Thursday to approve the plan, Reuters reports. He said “white space” between channels could allow WiFi to “explode”... More »

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television • Microsoft • Bill Gates • FCC • broadband Internet • white space • WiFi • spectrum

Net Neutrality May Slow Downloads

Prioritizing data
could be more
efficient, experts say

Mar 11, 08 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The principle of net neutrality can be taken too far, some experts say. The internet could be made much more efficient—and downloads faster—if network managers were allowed to use info about the content they're sending, a Princeton engineering professor tells Technology Review. That would allow them to prioritize... More »

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Comcast • FCC • net neutrality

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