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Groups Argue Gigi Sohn’s FCC Nomination Is an Abortion-Rights Issue (Next TV)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Mon, 03/06/2023 - 17:06NCTA to FCC: Cable Broadband Deployment Is Not Discriminatory
Cable broadband providers told the Federal Communications Commission that preventing digital discrimination in the provision of broadband services is a laudable goal but that they already offer equal access to high-speed service, and the proof is in the data. The FCC asked how it could “prevent internet providers from engaging in digital discrimination,” which suggests there is a problem that needs fixing. NCTA-the Internet & Television Association said that both FCC and census data make it clear that “cable broadband networks are available across providers’ service areas to homes and b
Streamers Bled Nearly $11 Billion Combined on Direct-to-Consumer Businesses in 2022 (Next TV)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 14:56Cord-Cutting Spiked 60% in 2022 for the Five Biggest Remaining Publicly Transparent Operators in the US (Next TV)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Mon, 02/13/2023 - 12:42Buy? Sell? Analyst Suggests Disney, Comcast Go 50-50 On Hulu (Next TV)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Fri, 02/10/2023 - 11:54Peacock has been largely dismissed amid the Streaming Wars, but Comcast seems to have the beginnings of a plan here (Next TV)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Fri, 02/10/2023 - 11:54National Linear TV Advertising Spending Down 2.3% in December (Next TV)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Tue, 01/31/2023 - 13:00Preston Padden: Broadband Providers Complicit in Smear Campaign Against FCC Nominee Gigi Sohn
Citing a smear campaign to continue to prevent Gigi Sohn [Senior Fellow and Public Advocate at the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society] from being seated as the fifth Federal Communications Commissioner, former Fox and ABC/Disney executive Preston Padden has written the chair of the Senate Commerce Committee to call out those tactics and advocate for Sohn, with whom he is not aligned politically. Padden also said he had been in contact with Fox’s Rupert Murdoch, an opponent of the Democratic nominee.
Sen Markey Urges Movement on Nomination of Gigi Sohn to FCC
Sen Ed Markey (D-MA) is urging Congress to move the nomination of Gigi Sohn [Senior Fellow and Public Advocate at the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society] to be the fifth member of the Federal Communications Commission. Her nomination has been held up for two years because not enough Democrats could be lined up to hold a Senate vote.