Laboring Away: FCC Proposes TV Set-Top Rules and Lawmakers Feud Over Internet Transition

Washington is back in full-swing after the Labor Day holiday. Congress is in session, elections are heating up, and the Federal Communications Commission released its “robust and diverse agenda” for its September 29 open meeting. Headlining the FCC meeting are proposed rules to unlock the TV set-top box marketplace, rules that FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler unveiled on Thursday. In Congress, several lawmakers called for a reconsideration of the ICANN Internet transition. One Member even launched a website with a countdown until “Obama gives away the Internet.” It’s good to be back, right?