FCC Chair Tom Wheeler has announced his resignation effective upon Donald Trump’s inauguration. The President-elect has not yet announced his choice to replace Wheeler, but it’s a safe bet that
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Blockbuster DGA-AMPTP Deal Dramatically Increases Residuals for Streaming Entertainment and Signals Eclipse of Traditional Television Consumption
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) offered a sizable gift to its nearly 16,000 members this holiday season, announcing a three-year blockbuster deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and
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Set-Top Box Deregulation: The Gloves Come Off
The FCC proposal to deregulate cable and satellite television set-top boxes is facing heavy headwinds as powerful interests line up in opposition. The current proposal is itself a compromise to
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California Law Allows Actors to Exclude Age from Subscription Employment Databases
From cast to crew, there is little question that age discrimination still exists in Hollywood. While stereotypical example is that women of a certain age suddenly stop getting casts for
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Wheeler Set-Top Box Proposal: It’s Apps
Continuing the process that began earlier this year, FCC Chair Tom Wheeler has issued a proposal to the Commission to implement the deregulation of cable set-top boxes.
Wheeler’s proposal
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Set-Top Box Update: Flame Wars
The battle lines are hardening in the controversy over the FCC’s proposal to deregulate cable set-top boxes.
The US Copyright Office recently weighed in against the proposal, on the grounds
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McConnell to FCC: Hands Off My Cable Box
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has called on FCC Chair Tom Wheeler to reconsider his proposal to unlock cable and satellite set-top boxes
. McConnell cited concerns over copyright, consumer
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Net Neutrality Clears Judicial Hurdle
The DC Circuit issued a decision today broadly upholding the FCC’s net neutrality rules. Those rules defined internet service providers (ISPs) as utilities, subjecting them to the same high level
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Set-Top Box Deregulation: The Storm Continues
I’ve blogged previously on the push by FCC chair Tom Wheeler to compel cable and satellite provid
ers to permit consumers to use third-party set top boxes. Despite opposition from
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Set-Top Box Deregulation: Latest Developments
In January the FCC proposed rules to establish open standards for set-top boxes. The notice and comment period on those rules is nearing its end. As it is likely that
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