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Since 1996, the Benton Foundation has provided free, daily summaries of articles concerning the quickly-changing telecommunications policy landscape. Since September 2005, we've used individual stories to help track developments in telecommunications legislation, the media ownership debate and efforts to ensure universal broadband.

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

Apple and Netflix Dominate Online Video

Submitted: June 19, 2013 - 5:00pm

Location:

Apple, 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA, 95014, United States

Now that the video rental store is all but dead, many people are turning to Internet services to get TV shows and movies. By some measures, Apple is No. 1 in online video, but by others, Netflix is leading.

Senators Ask FCC Chairwoman Clyburn to Issue NPRM on Sports Blackout Rule

Submitted: June 19, 2013 - 4:59pm

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Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC, 20554, United States

In a letter to Acting Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn, Sens John McCain (R-Z) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) ask the FCC to act on a longstanding petition to lift its sports blackout rule.

ISPs Should Do The Job They Are Hired to Do

Submitted: June 19, 2013 - 4:58pm

Location:

Public Knowledge, 1818 N Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20036, United States

Since people rely on the Internet for such a wide range of services today, it's important that their Internet connections work well. This means that people should be able to access the broadband services of their choice using the connections they pay for--and those services should be fast, reliable, and low-latency.

Open Data Going Global

Submitted: June 19, 2013 - 4:54pm
Last updated: June 19, 2013 - 4:57pm

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Open Data took another leap forward at this week’s G8 Summit in Long Erne, Northern Ireland, as member countries signed an Open Data Charter to spur the release and use of government-held data to advance economic opportunity, spur innovation, and increase accountability around the world.

FCC nominee Wheeler is more wonk than water-carrier

Submitted: June 19, 2013 - 4:53pm

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Senate Commerce Committee, Constitution Avenue and 1st Street, NE Russell Senate Office Building - 253, Washington, DC, 20002, United States

"Competition is a power unto itself that must be encouraged. Competitive markets produce better outcomes than regulated or uncompetitive markets." That's a platitude that could easily have been uttered in the late 1990s, when financial markets were being deregulated. Or during the 1970s, when the airlines were being deregulated. But it was uttered on June 18, by Tom Wheeler, President Obama's nominee as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.

AP Chief: DOJ Record Seizure Has Chilled Sources

Submitted: June 19, 2013 - 3:23pm
Last updated: June 19, 2013 - 3:23pm

Location:

Associated Press, 450 W. 33rd St, New York, NY, 10001, United States

AP President Gary Pruitt says the US government's secret seizure of AP phone records has thrown a scare into some of the iconic news outlet's sources, as well as those of other journalists. He also outlined five things AP wants the government to do to prevent a repeat of what he said was an overbroad sweep that violated both the First Amendment and the Department of Justice’s own subpoena rules,