REGULATORY

Feb 14, 2012 / 10:52AM
LightSquared Vows to Continue Despite Terrestrial Network Nix
LightSquared is not giving up on its proposed wireless broadband network despite losing its authority to launch on a terrestrial infrastructure.

Feb 13, 2012 / 10:48AM
DTV Must-Carry Rules Up for Review
The must-carry rules that ensure cable subscribers get local TV station signals will expire in June unless regulators extend them.

Feb 08, 2012 / 02:49PM
Few Sports Fans Weigh in on Blackout Rule
Fewer than 100 sports fans have weighed in on a rule allowing professional leagues to black out TV coverage in markets where venues aren’t sold out...

Feb 06, 2012 / 10:00AM
Super Bowl Bird Slips Time-Delay Net as FCC Struggles With Indecency Enforcement
Once again, a split-second image of the Super Bowl half-time spectacle is getting more post-event press than the game itself.

Jan 31, 2012 / 09:00AM
White Spaces: Telcordia Says It Can Find Them
Telcordia Technologies of Piscataway, N.J., filed the results of its required 45-day test run with the Federal Communications Commission this week.

Jan 30, 2012 / 08:37AM
New Tower Regs Published in Federal Register
The effective date is yet to be determined

Jan 30, 2012 / 06:30AM
FCC Takes LightSquared Petition to the People
The FCC is turning to the public regarding LightSquared’s request to operate in its own spectrum and not grant interference protection to global positioning systems.

Jan 30, 2012 / 12:47PM
ITU Approves SCTE's Ad-Insertion Standards
International standards body adopts eight-part SCTE 130 specifications

Jan 25, 2012 / 11:00AM
Churches File for New Closed-Caption Exemptions
Around 80 religious programmers have filed for new financial-hardship exemptions from closed-captioning rules. The Federal Communications Commission changed the qualifications for exemptions last October, and notified 590 programmers they would have to file new petitions for exemptions granted under rules established in 2006.

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