Happy New Year to all. To kick off 2021, I’ve provided quick takes below on some of the bigger stories we’ll be watching
WME v. WGA
Just before Christmas, CAA closed a deal with the Writers Guild regarding phasing out of package commissions and partial divestiture of its ownership of production entities. That left WME
Here in the Hollywood bubble, it’s easy to get wrapped up in our own tales of heartbreak, victory and scandal and forget that events outside of LA can also impact the entertainment business. One of these is that the FCC is now Republican-controlled. The new FCC chair Ajit Pai has already signaled that we can
It’s widely anticipated that the new Republican-controlled administration will seek to roll back the FCC’s net neutrality rules. These rules require Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to treat identically all content that travels over their pipes. For example, an ISP cannot throttle the download speed of content furnished by its competitors. In his farewell speech, outgoing
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 of regulation as landline telephone companies. The rules in question require ISPs to treat all content equally as it passes through their pipes to consumers.
The FCC voted today to approve strong net neutrality rules consistent with those proposed by Tom Wheeler earlier this year. Here is the Variety commentary on the impact of the decision on the entertainment business.
As discussed in my earlier blog, net neutrality has become a hot-button issue. Today, FCC Chair Tom Wheeler went beyond even President Obama’s recommendations to submit proposed rules that would subject Internet Service Providers (including mobile ISPs) to the same level of regulation as landline telephone companies.
In an Op-Ed for Wired Magazine,
President Obama has released a statement coming out strongly in favor of net neutrality. This has angered the President’s opponents and will bring new pressure on Tom Wheeler, Obama’s appointed FCC Chair, to side with his fellow Democrats on the Commission and strengthen regulation of the internet.
The core issue is whether internet service providers