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July 6, 2010
MMTC Conference Updates Agenda, Speaker Lineup
The Eighth Annual MMTC "Access to Capital and Telecom Policy Conference" is just two weeks away -- JULY 19th-20th at WASHINGTON’s RENAISSANCE DUPONT CIRCLE HOTEL. Registration is open at www.mmtconline.org. The agenda contains: * The … more »
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June 18, 2010
MMTC Sets Capital And Telecom Conference
MMTC will hold its Eighth Annual ACCESS TO CAPITAL AND TELECOM POLICY CONFERENCE on JULY 19th-20th at WASHINGTON’s RENAISSANCE DUPONT CIRCLE HOTEL. Approximately 350 entrepreneurs, senior managers, bankers, venture capitalists, brokers and … more »
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June 17, 2010
FCC Opens 'Third Way' Internet Regulation For Comment
The FCC voted along party lines to move forward with a Notice of Inquiry to solicit comments on regulation of the Internet. The notice asks the public to weigh in on the "third way" plan proposed by Chairman JULIUS GENACHOWSKI to regulate … more »
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May 25, 2010
FCC Opens Notice Of Inquiry On Ownership Rules
The FCC has issued a Notice of Inquiry asking for comments on its quadrennial review of media ownership rules. Among the topics open for comment are whether the current rules continue to foster competition, localism, and diversity, how to define, … more »
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May 20, 2010
FCC OKs More Mobile Broadband Spectrum Adjacent To Satellite Radio Repeaters
The FCC has adopted rules to take 25 megahertz of spectrum for mobile broadband service in much of the U.S., a move that had been opposed by SIRIUS XM RADIO for possible interference to terrestrial repeaters and by aeronautical mobile telemetry operators … more »
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March 23, 2010
Court Lifts Stay On Change In Cross-Ownership Rule
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has lifted the stay on the FCC media ownership rules, lifting at least on a temporary basis the newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership ban. The court stayed the revised rule in 2003 but is proceeding with a briefing … more »
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November 23, 2009
McDowell, Copps Speak At Rainbow PUSH Symposium
FCC Commissioner ROBERT MCDOWELL told the annual RAINBOW PUSH COALITION AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION FUND Media and Telecommunications Symposium FRIDAY (11/20) that ownership diversity depends on access to capital. "It is important that … more »
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November 11, 2009
Radio CEOs Lobby FCC For FM In Cell Phones
A group of CEOs from the largest radio groups met with FCC Commissioners MICHAEL COPPS, MIGNON CLYBURN, ROBERT MCDOWELL, and MEREDITH ATTWELL BAKER and their staffs on TUESDAY (11/10) to push for the inclusion of FM receivers in cell phones. CLEAR … more »
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September 17, 2009
FCC Commissioners Talk To House Subcommittee
In his statement to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, FCC Chairman JULIUS GENACHOWSKI touted his attempts to "hit the ground running, seeking to revitalize and retool the … more »
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August 31, 2009
FCC Sends Report On Indecency-Blocking To Congress
The "new" FCC is looking a lot like the "old" FCC regarding indecency regulation, with the release of a report to Congress on "blocking technologies" for media that indicates that, at least as it pertains to television, the … more »