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RETRANSMISSION CONSENT: ROCKY HOUSE RECEPTION The House Telecommunications Subcommittee completed it trilogy of hearings last week on cable's relations with broadcasters, telco entry and satellite competition, with perhaps the only [...]

NEW YORK -- How big is too big? That's the question cable operators, lawmakers and consumer advocates are pondering as the FCC grapples with how to revise its cable ownership […]

WASHINGTON -- The House voted Tuesday to delay the federal government's plan to auction off the spectrum used to broadcast television channels 52-69. The FCC had planned to sell the [...]

Station flipping: looking for a smoking gun Speculators' killings in the market start talk of return to three-year rule, but evidence of harm to station operation is lacking If the [...]

WASHINGTON -- Supporters lobbied federal regulators Thursday in favor of a proposal to reserve some of the primetime broadcast TV schedule for truly independent programming. Members of the Coalition for […]

The French government is preparing to ease a long-standing ban on television advertising for certain sectors that include commercials for movies, officials said Wednesday. The government has indicated to the […]

Channel 4 has formally urged culture secretary Tessa Jowell, not to approve the latest proposals for BBC Three. Channel 4 said the channel would primarily target a younger audience, to [...]

The eyes have it on must carry With just over two weeks to go before the FCC pronounces its verdict on must carry, the general outlines of that decision are [...]

Awarding broadcasters a free second channel to make the transition to digital television is 'outrageous,' Henry Geller told the Senate Commerce Committee last week. Broadcasters 'are not entitled to 12 [...]

FCC petitioned to delay vote on must carry Minority groups, governors and mayors ask commission to hold hearing, postpone vote until September The FCC was asked last week by a [...]