MUMBAI: The US Senate has confirmed the nomination of Indian-American Ajit Pai as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman for the second time despite complaints that...
NEW DELHI: India’s telecoms and broadcast regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is expected to come out with its final recommendations on net neutrality next...
NEW DELHI: Even as senior mediapersons rallied behind NDTV following raids by the Central Bureau of Investigation and several media bodies held protest meetings, the Foreign...
NEW DELHI: Given the complicated issues around net neutrality, an open house discussion is to be held in Mumbai on 26 May, 2017on Telecom Regulatory Authority...
MUMBAI: Fox and a New York firm, possibly Blackstone, are planning to form a joint venture to buy Tribune which owns or operates 42 stations, with...
MUMBAI: With the opening of a new proceeding on Restoring Internet Freedom, the Commission (FCC) anticipates significant public engagement and a high volume of filings. The...
MUMBAI: US president Donald Trump has nominated Indian-American Ajit Pai for serving another term at Federal Communications Commission. Trump had designated Pai, who was previously the...
MUMBAI: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC, U.S.) has taken an important step to strengthen its relationship with one of its foreign regulatory counterparts, the Telecom Regulatory...
MUMBAI: Indians are familiar with Ajit Pai who addressed Ficci Frames as a keynote speaker just three years ago. But Pai is the point man designated...
MUMBAI: Indians are familiar with Ajit Pai who addressed Ficci Frames as a keynote speaker just three years ago. But Pai is the point man designated...
NEW DELHI: India’s telecoms regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) yesterday floated another consultation paper on Net Neutrality (NN) seeking to establish a framework that...
NEW DELHI: India’s telecoms regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) yesterday floated another consultation paper on Net Neutrality (NN) seeking to establish a framework that...
MUMBAI: Here’s a view on the demand for 4K or ultra high definition (UHD) set-top boxes (STBs) in India. American research firm Grand View Research Inc...
MUMBAI: Here’s a view on the demand for 4K or ultra high definition (UHD) set-top boxes (STBs) in India. American research firm Grand View Research Inc...
BENGALURU: For the second consecutive quarter, three of the biggest cable TV entities in the US have reported quarter-over-quarter (q-o-q) growth in video subscribers, along with...
BENGALURU: For the second consecutive quarter, three of the biggest cable TV entities in the US have reported quarter-over-quarter (q-o-q) growth in video subscribers, along with...
On Wednesday, FCC chairman Tom Wheeler proposed a new technology mandate that would require satellite and cable TV providers to disaggregate or separate their services so that a few companies...
On Wednesday, FCC chairman Tom Wheeler proposed a new technology mandate that would require satellite and cable TV providers to disaggregate or separate their services so that a few companies...
MUMBAI: The Charter Communications, Inc – Time Warner Cable, Inc merger is facing a lot of opposition from broadcasters. The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has filed...
MUMBAI: Federal Judge Terry Hatter issued a short ruling dismissing the $20 billion racial discrimination in contracting lawsuit filed by the National Association of African American...
NEW DELHI: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Tom Wheeler is expected to provide insights into the FCC’s policy and regulatory objectives related to broadcasting, technology and...
BENGALURU: Citing irreparable harm to competition and consumers, and no discernible benefits, from the proposed union of the first and second largest cable companies in the...
NEW DELHI: President Barack Obama has urged the American telecom regulator Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to keep the internet open and free. But this plea...
NEW DELHI: Federal Communications Commission Chairman (FCC) Tom Wheeler has asked broadcasters to share channels, migrate to the Internet and use next year’s incentive auction to...
MUMBAI: According to recently released FCC data from their annual report on cable industry competition, the cable industry lost roughly 2.5 million video subscribers between 2010...
NEW DELHI: Cable is down, DBS and telcoTV is up, and more than 80 per cent of American broadcast TV signals are now high-definition, says the...
MUMBAI: Samsung is planning to bring to the market a new Smart Media Player set top box with a CableCard slot for traditional subscription video services...
MUMBAI: US President Barack Obama has nominated Tom Wheeler, a technology investor and former head of two major trade associations, as the next chairman of the...
MUMBAI: US media and telecommunications regulator Federal Communications Commission has approved a controversial proposal requiring television stations to disclose details of political ads aired on their...
MUMBAI: The Federal Communications Commission has defended its proposal that requires stations to post online the rates they charge politicians for commercials. The proposal has not...
MUMBAI: The Federal Comunication Commision (FCC ) commissioner Michael Copps has sharply criticized U.S. television news for failing to produce “the body of news and information...
MUMBAI: XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. until now rivals in the US satellite radio industry, have agreed to combine in a...
MUMBAI: A new draft report from the US media watchdog the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) suggests the US government may be able to limit violence on...
MUMBAI: In a statemjent before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, US media watchdog Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Kevin Martin notes that almost...
MUMBAI: The controversy over the role TV ads play in kids obesity in the US is growing. US Senator Sam Brownback, and US media watchdog Federal...
MUMBAI: US media regulatory body The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released its annual report on cable industry prices for 2005. The report shows that average...
MUMBAI: US media regulatory body the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted a First Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. This marks the...
MUMBAI: The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to reconsider its children’s TV rules in light of changes suggested by a group of broadcasters and...
MUMBAI: US media watchdog The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released new data on high-speed connections to the Internet in the US. High-speed Internet subscriptions soared...
MUMBAI: America’s media regulatory body Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved Intelsat’s acquisition of Panamsat. Noting that the transaction was unopposed, the FCC Commissioners found that...
SINGAPORE: A recent study by US-based IMS Research estimates that by the end of 2010, nearly 87 million households worldwide would be capable of watching HDTV...
MUMBAI: US President Bush has signed the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005. The bill that has become a law will raise the fines for indecency...
MUMBAI: Robert McDowell was sworn in by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman C to be a member of America’s media regulatory body. McDowell said, “I am...
MUMBAI: PanAmSat Holding Corporation has announced that the United States Department of Justice is closing its antitrust investigation of the company’s proposed merger with satellite provider,...
MUMBAI: US media regulatory body Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Kevin J. Martin has named Anthony Dale as FCC acting MD and Mark Stephens as acting...
MUMBAI: Renewing a campaign against broadcast indecency, the US Federal Communications Commission ( FCC) upheld a decision to fine television broadcasters for violating federal decency limits,...
MUMBAI: US media regulatory body the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a Further Report on the packaging and sale of video programming services to the...
MUMBAI: The US President George Bush has submitted a budget to Congress that proposes fiscal year 2007 funding for the media regulatory body Federal Communications Commission...
MUMBAI: America’s telecom and media regulatory body, Federal Comunications Commission (FCC) commissioner, Kathleen Abernathy, will leave the organisation next month. She said, “I sent a letter...
MUMBAI: US President George Bush, has nominated Deborah T. Tate, a Republican regulator from Tennessee, to fill a vacant seat on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)....

