- FCC Should Avoid California-Style Net Neutrality Rules, House Republicans Say
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, April 19, 2021
"We urge you not to impose stringent net neutrality regulations that may result in Americans losing their internet services," 26 Republican lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee sa ...
- Business Groups, TechFreedom Urge Court To Nix California Net Neutrality Law
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, April 13, 2021
"The very concept of state regulation of data use is problematic," the free-market group TechFreedom writes. "Unless states apply the same rules to data that passes through their borders ...
- Rising D2C Video Businesses To Push Faster Broadband Subscriptions
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 12, 2021
UBS estimates total cable and telco-based services will grow 3.6% in 2021. ...
- Broadband Industry Urges Appeals Court To Block California Net Neutrality Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Lobbying groups for the cable and telecom industry say broadband is an interstate service, not subject to regulation by individual states. ...
- Biden Unveils Plan To Expand Broadband, Lift Restrictions On Municipal Networks
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 31, 2021
President Joe Biden has unveiled an infrastructure plan that includes $100 billion to expand broadband throughout the country. ...
- Tech Companies Press FCC To Restore Obama-Era Net Neutrality Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 19, 2021
"Net neutrality simply preserves the environment that has allowed the internet to become an engine for economic growth," Mozilla, Vimeo, Reddit and other tech companies said in a letter ...
- AT&T To End 'Data Free TV'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 17, 2021
AT&T said it will discontinue its controversial "Data Free TV" program, which exempted some video streams, including still-in-growth-mode HBO Max, from subscribers' data caps, as a result of California's n ...
- Broadband Carriers Should Seek Permission Before Harnessing Web-Browsing Data For Ads, Groups Say
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 10, 2021
"We believe that each and every customer paying for your internet service has the right to determine how their personal data will be used, on an opt-in basis," Mozilla, t ...
- T-Mobile To Target Ads Based On Subscribers' Web Browsing, App Use
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 9, 2021
The company quietly disclosed its plans in a Feb. 23 update to its privacy policy, but change largely went unnoticed until this week. ...
- Bill Would Require Broadband Carriers To Disclose Prices, Data Limits, Speeds
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 5, 2021
"The Broadband Consumer Transparency Act would resurrect an Obama-era proposal that ISPs make key disclosures to consumers in a standardized form, comparable to the "nutrition label" that appears on packag ...
- FCC Should Change Broadband Definition To 100 Mbps, Lawmakers Say
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 4, 2021
"We must learn from our experience during the pandemic and raise federal standards for new broadband service to require low latency, high reliability, and speeds that meet our expected 21 ...
- What Does DirecTV Turn Into Now?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Some analysts believe rural areas could be a possible improving ground for DirecTV. ...
- Ad Watchdog Tells AT&T To Stop Saying 5G Will Be Built On 'Best Network'
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 24, 2021
BBB National Programs' National Advertising Review Board found that claim problematic. ...
- T-Mobile 5G Ads Could Mislead Consumers, Watchdog Says -- Again
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 23, 2021
"One of the messages that consumers could reasonably take away from the challenged television and radio commercials is that T-Mobile's merger with Sprint will provide its customers with network performan ...
- Judge Won't Block California Net Neutrality Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Handing the cable industry a defeat, a federal judge in California on Tuesday refused to prohibit the state from enforcing its net neutrality law. ...
- Comcast Holds Off On Imposing Data Caps In 14 States
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 19, 2021
In a reversal, Comcast says it will wait until 2022 before moving forward with plans to impose data caps. ...
- Cable Industry And California Want To Move Forward With Net Neutrality Battle
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 16, 2021
The cable industry and state of California say there is no reason to delay a hearing scheduled for next week on the validity of the state's net neutrality law ...
- TVB Wants Nielsen To Slow Broadband-Only Homes Inclusion In Local TV Ratings
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, February 11, 2021
TVB prefers that the measurement company focuses on getting accreditation for meter markets to improve core accuracy of local metrics. ...
- Net Neutrality Necessary For Public Safety, Groups Tell FCC
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Advocacy groups including Public Knowledge, Common Cause and Free Press, as well as officials in Santa Clara County, are urging the FCC to restore the Obama-era open internet rules. ...
- Biden Administration Abandons Challenge To California Net Neutrality Law
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 8, 2021
The Department of Justice on Monday withdrew a lawsuit challenging California's net neutrality law, which largely requires broadband providers that offer service in the state to follow the Obama-era regulati ...
- FCC Should Restore Obama-Era Net Neutrality Rules, Incompas Urges
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 5, 2021
Without net neutrality rules, broadband providers "have the incentive and ability to harm competition and consumers," Incompas writes in a petition to the FCC. ...
- AT&T To Pay Additional $12 Million For Throttling 'Unlimited' Subscribers
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 2, 2021
AT&T, which previously forged a $60 million settlement with the FTC, has agreed to pay $12 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over allegations that it slowed the broadband connectio ...
- Massachusetts Bill Would Ban Data Caps And Price Hikes During Pandemic
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 29, 2021
Lawmakers in Massachusetts have introduced a bill that would require Comcast to wait until the pandemic ends before following through on its plan to implement a 1.2 TB data ...
- Comcast Shouldn't Boast Of Best WiFi Experience, Watchdog Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Comcast shouldn't advertise its service as the "best in-home WiFi experience," the National Advertising Review Board said, upholding a decision issued last year. ...
- Rosenworcel Tapped For Acting FCC Chief
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 21, 2021
FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, one of the agency's leading proponents of net neutrality regulations, has been tapped by President Joe Biden to serve as acting chair of the agency. ...
- Trump-Era FCC Issues Cheery Broadband Report
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, January 20, 2021
A divided FCC said for the third straight year that broadband is being deployed in a "reasonable and timely" fashion, even though more than 14 million Americans lacked access ...
- Charter Withdraws Request For Permission To Impose Data Caps
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Charter has dropped its request to the FCC for permission to impose broadband data caps or shift to usage-based billing. ...
- House Democrats Question Broadband Carriers About Pricing, Data Caps
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, January 12, 2021
"As our nation continues to confront both a public health and economic crisis, it is critical that Americans have access to reliable and affordable internet service," Reps. Frank Pallone, J ...
- Comscore Recapitalizes: Removes All Debt, Secures Extended Data Rights From Key Suppliers
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Thursday, January 7, 2021
Financially beleaguered media researcher Comscore this evening announced it has finalized a deal to recapitalize the company, and also secured "extended data rights" from at least one of its n ...
- Cable One's Sparklight Launching IPTV App To Run On Streaming Services
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, January 7, 2021
Sparklight TV, which will run on Mobi TV's Connect platform, will offer advanced cable TV features including video on demand, DVR and program restart capabilities in an app designed ...
