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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The House on Monday approved legislation that would tighten the national television ownership limit, preventing two networks from acquiring more local stations. The new permanent cap would […]

WASHINGTON -- Congressional action over the FCC's decision to make it easier for media companies to get bigger is heating up as a bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Tuesday […]

WASHINGTON -- In what industry sources describe as a 180-degree turn, the National Association of Broadcasters is withdrawing its support for legislation that would reinstate one of the broadcast ownership […]

BANFF, Alberta -- A parliamentary committee report released Wednesday comes down hard on Canada's broadcast regulator while recommending several initiatives aimed at boosting community-based and regional broadcasting. The much-awaited report […]

NAPLES, Italy -- Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi rejected a controversial bill in Rome that critics said would benefit the media empire of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, sending it back […]

ROME -- The Italian Senate on Tuesday put a final seal on the conservative government's controversial bill for the reform of the country's television system. The bill was approved in […]

ROME -- The Italian Senate on Tuesday put a final seal on the conservative government's controversial bill for the reform of the country's television system. The bill was approved in […]

TORONTO -- The Canadian government has proposed tougher domestic laws to crack down on piracy of U.S. satellite signals north of the border. Federal Industry Minister Allan Rock and Minister […]

The parliament of Malawi voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to pull the plug immediately on 'Big Brother,' the all-African reality television show being beamed across the continent. 'People are subjected to horrible […]

LONDON -- David Currie, chairman of Britain's media super-regulator the Office of Communications, has issued a warning, that the introduction of new public-interest clauses in the proposed communications bill is […]

WASHINGTON -- FCC chairman Michael Powell on Thursday dumped a bucket of cold water on a request by the commission's two Democratic members to delay a vote on easing the […]

It's Ba-ack: Fairness Doctrine Bill Resurfaces WASHINGTON, D.C.--The fairness doctrine bill is back, big time. Even though President Reagan vetoed such a bill in the 100th Congress and President Bush [...]