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June 3, 2010

12:31
Public Knowledge nabs Stupak aide
Public Knowledge has brought on Ernesto Falcon to serve as director of government affairs. Falcon arrives from the office of Rep Bart Stupak (D-MI), where he was a legislative assistant covering matters before the House Commerce Committee. read more
12:28
Cable COO: Scant evidence that TV viewers will move online
Pressed on whether online television will erode cable subscriptions, Comcast chief operating officer Steve Burke did not sound afraid of the Internet. read more
12:27
Facebook's Zuckerberg Says Privacy 'Really Important' Issue
Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said privacy is "a really important issue" for his company, the world's largest social networking service. read more
12:25
FCC to Hold Public Forum on Comcast-NBCU
Apparently, the Federal Communications Commission plans to host a public forum on the proposed Comcast-NBC Universal joint venture next month. read more
12:23
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of AT&T's New Pricing Plan
Carriers keep discovering that if you give people access to fat pipes, they're going to use them. read more
12:13
Network spending shows why free TV isn't dead yet
If you looked at the finances of the broadcast TV networks, you might not be optimistic about the future of free TV. So why are the TV networks spending tens of millions of dollars more on prime-time dramas and comedies for next season than they did in the last season? read more
12:11
FTC Grapples With Updating COPPA
Children's advocates, technology and legal experts, Web site operators and others struggled Wednesday to determine how best to adapt a 2000 rule implementing a law aimed at protecting children's privacy to the growing list of devices people are using to get online. read more
12:08
Professor Argues COPPA Restricts Behavioral Targeting Of Children
Does the Children's Online Privacy and protection Act limit marketers' ability to send behaviorally targeted ads to users under 13? Some advocates want the Federal Trade Commission to say the answer is yes. read more
12:06
Oil Spill Coverage Engulfs the Media
Six weeks after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, the Gulf disaster generated its highest level of coverage since the story broke, completely dominating the news agenda. read more
12:05
Study: Value-added broadband living up to its name
Services like voice over IP and IPTV are doing for broadband service provider bottom lines exactly what those carriers had hoped — adding a big chunk of value-added revenue. read more
11:57
Stimulus slow to break ground but generating jobs
Nearly six months after the first broadband stimulus awards for infrastructure projects were announced, many award winners have not yet been able to break ground on their projects, although they expect to soon. read more
11:55
Senators Fed Up With Secret Blocks On Nominees
Senators say they've had it with "secret holds" on nominations. read more
11:52
Putting Data and Innovation to Work to Help Communities and Consumers Improve Health
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Institute of Medicine President Harvey Fineberg today launched a national initiative to share a wealth of new community health data that will drive innovation and lead to the creation of new applications and tools to improve the health of Americans. read more
11:49
HHS Awards $83.9 Million in Recovery Act Funds to Expand Use of Health Information Technology
The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $83.9 million in grants to help networks of health centers adopt electronic health records (EHR) and other health information technology (HIT) systems. read more
11:47
REPOR(t)
What was the impact of shows like Jon Stewart's The Daily Show and Stephen Colbert's The Colbert Report on the health reform debate? read more
11:46
Mobile Data: A Gold Mine for Telcos
Cell phone companies are finding that they're sitting on a gold mine--in the form of the call records of their subscribers. read more
11:43
e-NC Authority State Broadband Survey
The e-NC Authority is conducting an online survey on broadband access across North Carolina as part of a planning project for the state. read more
11:41
EHRs Lack Standards, Best Practices
A report raises growing concerns that electronic health record products are being developed without specific best practices and design standards related to EHR product use in a healthcare setting. read more
11:40
That Pesky DVR Is Now Killing Off Bigger Pieces Of The TV Industry
Anne Sweeney, co-chair of Disney Media Networks and president of Disney/ABC Television Group, says SOAPnet, a cable network devoted to re-airing daytime operas, became obsolete because of the DVR. Viewers who worked all day simply DVR-ed their favorite soaps and watched them in the evening. One doesn't need a network to do that. read more
11:38
Canadian operators clash over access to fiber networks
Bell Canada President and CEO George Cope told the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission that incumbent telcos should no longer be forced to give independent Internet service providers wholesale access to legacy copper-based networks. read more