November 6, 2007, 6:39pm
Do you think it’s a bad idea for just a few companies to monopolize the broadcast and print news outlets in communities across America? So does Michael Copps, a Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission, and he is fighting a plan by FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to ease the restrictions on U.S. media ownership.
He discussed the issue in an interview with C-SPAN.
Categories: Media, FCC, Antitrust, Television
September 11, 2007, 8:48pm
The FCC’s proposed rules for an upcoming auction of airwaves most likely would have negative consequences for the wireless communications market, according to the cellular industry group CTIA.
The rules would require “open access” to some of the spectrum, meaning that the wireless carriers who win the rights to the airwaves would have to make them open to competing devices and software. The goal is to create more competition and another pipeline to wireless Internet access, but critics said the step is unnecessary.
Economist Robert Litan, wireless broadband provider Ed Evans, and applications developer Steve Spence discuss the issue in a CTIA podcast:
Categories: Technology, FCC
January 15, 2007, 10:45pm
The National Conference for Media Reform over the weekend in Memphis, Tenn., featured a handful of lawmakers and other officials as speakers, and the Save the Internet coalition has footage:
Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
Federal Communications Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein
Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps
More video segments from the conference are available at YouTube.
Categories: Massachusetts, Vermont, Technology, Bernie Sanders, Media, Edward Markey, FCC
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