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Why movie theaters are in trouble after DOJ nixes 70-year-old case
The rule that prevented a studio from buying up a major theater chain is now gone—opening up the possibility that your local cinema could go whole hog and become a true Disneyplex before you know it. A federal judge agreed to the Department of Justice's petition to vacate the Paramount Consent Decrees, a landmark 1948 ruling that forbade vertical integration in the film sector and ended the Hollywood studio system. In isolation, the decision could raise some concerns.
AT&T to lay off 600 at HBO and Warner Bros. after revenue decline (Ars Technica)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 08/10/2020 - 12:57Trump Administration shrugs off FCC court loss to fight California net neutrality law
The Trump Administration and broadband industry are resuming their fight against California's network neutrality law, with the Department of Justice and Internet service provider lobby groups filing new complaints against the state Aug 5. The case is nearly two years old but was put on hold because California in Oct 2018 agreed to suspend enforcement of its law until after litigation over the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of US net neutrality rules and the FCC's attempt to preempt state net neutrality laws.
Insecure satellite Internet is threatening ship and plane safety (Ars Technica)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 08/05/2020 - 17:46Trump administration gives TikTok 45 days to sell to Microsoft or leave US (Ars Technica)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 08/03/2020 - 14:41FCC Authorizes Amazon's "Project Kuiper" Satellite Constellation
The Federal Communications Commission grants the request of Kuiper Systems LLC (Kuiper or Amazon) to deploy a non-geostationary satellite orbit (NGSO) system to provide service using certain Fixed-Satellite Service (FSS) and Mobile-Satellite Service (MSS) Ka-band frequencies with conditions adopted. We conclude that grant of Kuiper’s application would advance the public interest by
authorizing a system designed to increase the availability of high-speed broadband service to consumers, government, and businesses.
Huawei somehow becomes the #1 phone manufacturer, thanks to the coronavirus (Ars Technica)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 07/31/2020 - 12:03Charter’s donations to charities and lawmakers may help it impose data caps
Nonprofits and local politicians are lining up to support a Charter Communications petition that would let the ISP impose data caps on broadband users and seek interconnection payments from large online-video providers. Charter filed the petition with the Federal Communications Commission in June, asking the FCC to eliminate merger conditions applied to its 2016 purchase of Time Warner Cable two years early.