The top Republican on the Senate Commerce Committee is pushing for Congress to overhaul the law governing the Internet, television and phone service. Sen John Thune (R-SD) said that the Senate would likely begin work to update the law in 2015, and seemed to shine on the notion that Republicans would have taken control of the upper chamber.
E-mail privacy act has votes to pass House
Filed Under: Benton Headlines
According to legislators and others, a bill protecting e-mail privacy has enough votes to pass in the House if it is brought up for a vote. The Email Privacy Act has 218 o-sponsors, according to the Computer & Communications Industry Association, whose members include Microsoft, Google and eBay, as well as Dish, Aereo, Sprint and T-Mobile.
It’s not a “fast lane” but Comcast built a CDN to charge for video delivery
Filed Under: Benton Headlines
Comcast is now competing against content delivery networks (CDNs) such as Akamai with a new service that can improve delivery of video to Comcast subscribers in exchange for payment.
Wake up, FCC: The Internet Protocol transition is now
Filed Under: Benton Headlines
Some 45 years after design work started on the cellular network and the Internet, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued an Internet Protocol (IP) Technology ransitions Order amounting to a reluctant invitation for trials on the decommissioning of the legacy telephone network.
Chairman Wheeler Quibbles With Stations’ Share Tactics
Filed Under: Benton Headlines
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler is on a mission to crack down on TV station sharing arrangements, particularly ones that look like efforts to skirt the rules.