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Benton Foundation provides free, daily summaries of articles concerning the quickly-changing telecommunications policy landscape.

You Spend a Lot of Time With Your Mobile Device at Home — Even More if It’s an iPad

Submitted: May 21, 2013 - 4:08pm
Location:
Sandvine, 408 Albert Street, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3V3, Canada

Your phones and tablets are amazing multimedia devices. But just because they’re mobile doesn’t mean you’re using them on the go.

House to Launch Supply Chain Cybersecurity Working Group

Submitted: May 21, 2013 - 4:08pm
Location:
House Commerce Committee, 45 Independence Ave SW 2123 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC, 20515, United States

The House Commerce Committee’s Communications Subcommittee is launching a bipartisan supply chain working group focused on the "myriad hardware and software components that make up the communications infrastructure."

TiVo Asks Bureau to Rethink Charter Waiver

Submitted: May 21, 2013 - 4:07pm
Location:
Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC, 20554, United States

TiVo has joined the Consumer Electronics Association in a challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's conditional waiver to Charter to supply set-tops with downloadable security rather than the current CableCARD hardware fix, but it is taking a different route.

Another Google Fiber Non-Believer

Submitted: May 21, 2013 - 4:06pm
Location:
IHS ISuppli, 1700 East Walnut Avenue, El Segundo, CA, 90245, United States

Google has deep pockets, but another research firm doesn’t think they’re bottomless to the point to justify a national fiber buildout.

Beyond the Tea Party: How the IRS Is Killing Nonprofit Media

Submitted: May 21, 2013 - 4:05pm
Last updated: May 21, 2013 - 4:07pm
Location:
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 10th St & Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC, 20004, United States
Recommendation:
2

Over the past few years the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has virtually stopped approving 501(c)(3) status for nonprofit news organizations.

Who Owns the Media? Obama's Next FCC Chairman

Submitted: May 21, 2013 - 4:02pm
Last updated: May 21, 2013 - 4:05pm
Location:
Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC, 20554, United States
Recommendation:
2

Can you even think of a time when putting a rich industry insider in charge of a crucial government agency has not worked out for the public interest?

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Benton Foundation provides free, daily summaries of articles concerning the quickly-changing telecommunications policy landscape.

You Spend a Lot of Time With Your Mobile Device at Home — Even More if It’s an iPad

Submitted: May 21, 2013 - 4:08pm
Location:
Sandvine, 408 Albert Street, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3V3, Canada

Your phones and tablets are amazing multimedia devices. But just because they’re mobile doesn’t mean you’re using them on the go.

House to Launch Supply Chain Cybersecurity Working Group

Submitted: May 21, 2013 - 4:08pm
Location:
House Commerce Committee, 45 Independence Ave SW 2123 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC, 20515, United States

The House Commerce Committee’s Communications Subcommittee is launching a bipartisan supply chain working group focused on the "myriad hardware and software components that make up the communications infrastructure."

TiVo Asks Bureau to Rethink Charter Waiver

Submitted: May 21, 2013 - 4:07pm
Location:
Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC, 20554, United States

TiVo has joined the Consumer Electronics Association in a challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's conditional waiver to Charter to supply set-tops with downloadable security rather than the current CableCARD hardware fix, but it is taking a different route.

Another Google Fiber Non-Believer

Submitted: May 21, 2013 - 4:06pm
Location:
IHS ISuppli, 1700 East Walnut Avenue, El Segundo, CA, 90245, United States

Google has deep pockets, but another research firm doesn’t think they’re bottomless to the point to justify a national fiber buildout.

Beyond the Tea Party: How the IRS Is Killing Nonprofit Media

Submitted: May 21, 2013 - 4:05pm
Last updated: May 21, 2013 - 4:07pm
Location:
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 10th St & Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC, 20004, United States
Recommendation:
2

Over the past few years the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has virtually stopped approving 501(c)(3) status for nonprofit news organizations.

Who Owns the Media? Obama's Next FCC Chairman

Submitted: May 21, 2013 - 4:02pm
Last updated: May 21, 2013 - 4:05pm
Location:
Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC, 20554, United States
Recommendation:
2

Can you even think of a time when putting a rich industry insider in charge of a crucial government agency has not worked out for the public interest?

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