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StopBigMedia.com Coalition Shocked by FCC’s Secret Timetable
from: FreePress
StopBigMedia.com Coalition Shocked by FCC’s Secret Timetable
Dorgan, Lott tell the FCC to ‘slow down’
WASHINGTON — The StopBigMedia.com Coalition is shocked and dismayed over news that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is secretly pushing for a vote to relax media ownership rules by Dec. 18. The FCC is reviewing longstanding regulations that forbid a company to own both a newspaper and a television or radio station in the same city.
FCC to Soon Extend Franchise Relief to Cable Companies
from: CNN
FCC to Soon Extend Franchise Relief to Cable Companies
From Dow Jones, October 18, 2007
By Corey Boles
The Federal Communications Commission will shortly extend the same regulatory relief to the cable industry that it granted to telephone companies earlier this year, two agency officials said Thursday.
CT: AT$T says ‘no’ to Conn. cable franchise
from: Telephony Online
AT&T says ‘no’ to Conn. cable franchise
By Carol Wilson
Oct 18, 2007 10:05 AM
AT&T is fully prepared to cut off service to more than 7000 U-verse customers in Connecticut and stop all video service in that state rather than file for a statewide cable license. The company, known for tough stands on the franchise issue, is taking its toughest stand to date, staring down consumer groups and a state attorney general determined to make AT&T accept tougher terms for the right to offer video service.
CT: CWA Joins AT$T To Fight Connecticut Cable Decision
"Which side are you on boys, which side are you on?" A good old labor song, the CWA would do well to learn it.
from: CNN
Union Joins AT&T To Fight Connecticut Cable Decision
October 18, 2007: 12:11 PM EST
HARTFORD (AP)--An AT&T union joined the telecommunications giant this week to fight a state order that AT&T Inc. (T) needs a cable television license for its Internet-based TV service in Connecticut.
AT$T Plans To Buy Echostar
Note: This merger would make sense since AT&T relies on Echostar to complete its "triple play" for most consumers in outlying suburban and rural areas. With U-Verse, AT&T only pulls fiber to the home in wealthier new residential communities, the rest get fiber to the node in their neighborhoods and more limited bandwidth capacities. Those outside of AT&T fiber backbones get the hybrid HomeZone, old DSL, telephony and a dish for TV services.
CA: Time Warner customers misled by AT$T ad
from: LA Times
Time Warner customers misled by AT&T ad
October 17 2007
David Lazarus:
Consumer Confidential
An ad from AT&T that ran the other day in these pages and elsewhere warned that some Time Warner Cable customers are in danger of losing phone service as the cable giant makes some technical changes.
NY: Rich New Yorkers To Get Faster Web
Note: We're curious how soon Verizon will start running fiber to housing projects and other low income areas of Manhattan and the outer boroughs.
from: Silicon Alley Insider
Rich New Yorkers To Get Faster Web
Dan Frommer | October 17, 2007 4:30 PM
As if living in one of Donald Trump's buildings isn't its own reward, residents of two of The Donald's towers can soon claim the fastest Internet access on the block. Verizon (VZ) is installing its fiber-optic "FiOS" service in The Trump World Tower at United Nations Plaza and Trump Park Avenue. No FiOS TV yet, though: the service won't be available in New York City for months -- or longer -- while the telco applies for a cable franchise license.
Plan Would Ease Limits on Media Owners
from: NY Times
Plan Would Ease Limits on Media Owners
By STEPHEN LABATON
October 18, 2007
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 — The head of the Federal Communications Commission has circulated an ambitious plan to relax the decades-old media ownership rules, including repealing a rule that forbids a company to own both a newspaper and a television or radio station in the same city.
CT: Blumenthal: AT$T wasting its time on litigation
from: Legal Newsline
Blumenthal: AT&T wasting its time on litigation
by John O'Brien
HARTFORD, Conn. - Despite a recent federal court ruling, AT&T still refuses to apply for a cable license in Connecticut and state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal refuses to let the company get away with it.
CT: AT$T suit challenges Blumenthal
from: Connecticut Post
AT&T suit challenges Blumenthal
10/16/2007 11:59:43 PM EDT
HARTFORD — Attorney General Richard Blumenthal blasted AT&T's Tuesday court filing challenging the latest order by Connecticut regulators that would force the telecom giant to get a cable franchise license for its U-Verse TV service.
