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June 14, 2010

20:26
Looking Under the Hood: Technical Paper on Options for Broadcast Spectrum
A new paper provides further details on the technical analyses that support the recommendations in the National Broadband Plan relative to repurposing the TV broadcast spectrum. read more
20:23
Wireless Spectrum Needs: What is the Best Way to Serve All of the American People?
Speaking at the annual convention of the Rainbow Push Coalition. Federal Communications Commission member Mignon Clyburn talked about the spectrum needs of the US. read more
20:22
NPR, PBS, APM, PRI And PRX Band Together For Shared Digital Platform
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has committed nearly $1 million for five national public media organizations to build a common digital platform. read more
20:21
To Cut Kids' TV Time, Parents Need To Impose Limits Consistently
It's a constant struggle with kids. You know they shouldn't watch so much TV, but how do you unglue them from the screen? read more
20:19
Advocates say poor need available free cell phones
Should the poor have cell phones? read more
20:17
Government can (help) save the news -- but maybe not newspapers
Public policy has a role to play in fostering an entrepreneurial, innovative, reinvented journalistic sphere that, in the language of the recent Knight Commission Report, sustains democracy in a digital age. Network neutrality is a good place start. read more
20:15
Five Media Policies the FTC Should Support
Free Press is suggesting five policies we believe that the FTC should support in it's final report that would help build a media system that fosters innovation and supports a forward-thinking approach to the future of news. read more
20:13
Let's subsidize open broadband, not journalists
Advise to the Federal Trade Commission: First, direct subsidies for journalism are the wrong way to go, even dangerous. But we absolutely could use the kind of indirect help... read more
20:12
The Evolution of News and the Internet
This study provides an in-depth treatment of the global newspaper publishing market and its evolution, with a particular view on the development of online news and related challenges. It assesses online... read more
20:10
Singapore Gets Wired for Speed
This headline is presented in partnership with:Singapore could soon be the first country blanketed with a fiber optic infrastructure so fast that it would enable the contents of a DVD to be downloaded in only a few seconds. read more
20:07
Finland To Decriminalize The Use Of Open Wi-Fi Hotspots
This headline is presented in partnership with:Access to broadband may now be a legal right in Finland, but a few years back the country responded to a complicated scam that just happen to involve open Wi-Fi hotspots -- by making it illegal for anyone to use them. read more
20:04
Broadband providers urged to end buffering
This headline is presented in partnership with:Be Broadband has launched a new campaign calling for Internet service providers to bring an end to their use of buffering. read more
20:03
America Movil gets closer to telecom consolidation
Carlos Slim's consolidation of his telecommunications empire is nearly done after cellphone giant America Movil successfully wrapped up tender offers for Telmex Internacional and Carso Global Telecom. read more
07:17
The High Cost of Loving Your Phone
In a classic bit of economic sleuthing, Minjung Park, an assistant professor of economics at the University of Minnesota, looked at the impact of the Federal Communications Commission's mandate that customers could keep their phone numbers when they switched carriers, starting in late 2003 in large markets and mid-2004 in smaller ones. read more
07:14
Rethinking Cell Service in a Remote Flood Region
The absence of a modern communication network made it virtually impossible last week to quickly warn campers of an approaching downpour, which led to flash floods that tore through the Albert Pike campground in Arkansas, killing at least 19. Now, some have begun to rethink the value of being unplugged in this remote area about 75 miles west of Little Rock. read more
07:12
Cablevision Said to Bid $1.3 Billion for Firm
Apparently, Cablevision agreed on Sunday to pay more than $1.36 billion for Bresnan Communications, a cable services operator whose owners include the private equity firm Providence Equity Partners. read more
07:10
Government Takes On Journalism's Next Chapter
Looking for the federal government to come to the rescue of newspapers? Don't hold your breath. read more
07:09
Smartphone Trackers Raise Privacy Worries
Marketing and software companies are increasingly using sophisticated technologies for smartphones and other mobile gadgets to track consumers and target ads based on their location. read more
07:07
Computer Experts Face Backlash
When a group of computer experts last week disclosed a flaw in AT&T's website that made iPad owners' email addresses public, some security researchers accused the group of criminal behavior and the Federal Bureau of Investigation opened an investigation into the incident. The backlash surprised the experts. read more
07:05
Sarkozy seeks to block bid for Le Monde
The race to recapitalize Le Monde took a new turn on June 11 when it emerged that President Nicolas Sarkozy intervened against three businessmen who are the frontrunners to take over France's newspaper of record. read more