Lots of policy events this week: 1) The Future of Music Coalition holds its 7th policy summit, 2) the United Church of Christ hosts the Everett Parker Ethics in Telecommunication Lecture, 3) a hearing on Emergency Communications and, of course, 4) FCC Commissioners travel to Chicago to hear about media ownership concerns. For these and other upcoming media policy events, see http://www.benton.org/event/2007/09/20/month/all/all
HOUSE DEMS CRITICIZE FCC OWNERSHIP STUDIES
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
FCC WAIVES RULES FOR DECATUR DUOPOLY
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
SATELLITE RADIO MERGER STILL ORBITING HURDLES
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Jeffrey Yorke]
Leap Wireless International, the prepaid cellphone service provider, said yesterday that its board had rejected an unsolicited takeover offer from MetroPCS. MetroPCS, another prepaid service provider, offered on Sept. 4 to buy Leap in an all-stock deal that would almost double its customer rolls and expand its reach throughout the country. But since MetroPCS’s announcement, Leap’s stock has traded above the offer price, indicating that investors expect a higher offer. In a letter to the chairman and chief executive of MetroPCS, the chief executive of Leap, S. Douglas Hutcheson, said that the takeover offer undervalued Leap’s revenue and growth prospects.
DID THE FCC BLOW UP CABLE'S PUBLIC TV DEAL?
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Ted Hearn]
DTV TRANSITION ORDER WILL COST OPERATORS
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Todd Spangler]
QUINCY GETS JUMP ON EQUIPPING VIEWERS FOR DTV
[SOURCE: tvnewsday, AUTHOR: Arthur Greenwald]
Quincy Newspapers owns 13 television stations. The TV station group isn't waiting for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's converter box program next year. It's teaming with Winegard to make boxes—and antennas—available to its "over the air" viewers next month.
http://www.tvnewsday.com/articles/2007/09/17/daily.1/
EVEN AMONG A SEA OF CABLE CHANNELS, PUBLIC ACCESS REMAINS VITAL
[SOURCE: Huffington Post, AUTHOR: Kate Torgovnick]
FCC CREATES A CLIMATE OF CHAOS OVER VIDEO FRANCHISING
[SOURCE: Alliance for Community Media press release]
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