“FCC Process Reform” meeting will be held by the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

The House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet (part of the House Energy and Commerce Committee) will hold hearings on the DTV transition Oct. 17 and Oct. 31.

Five commissioners to appear

The FCC commissioners did not appear before a subcommittee of the House Commerce Committee this week for an oversight hearing.

A vote on a joint resolution to dismantle the rules had been scheduled by Republicans for yesterday.

The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), will hold a hearing in September on the legal regimes that regulate the delivery of video content to consumers.

The rule prohibits Internet Service Providers from substantially manipulating traffic on their networks.

The satellite guys lost round one in their efforts to continue the practice of importing distant broadcast signals into areas where same-network broadcast stations are otherwise available. The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet passed a bill Wednesday to renew the Satellite Ho