The Federal Communications Commission is pushing for media companies to submit details of their programming agreements with Comcast, as it reviews the cable giant's proposed $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable.
FCC Asks Media Firms for Details of Comcast Contracts
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The Federal Communications Commission is pushing for media companies to submit details of their programming agreements with Comcast, as it reviews the cable giant's proposed $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable.
FCC Asks Media Firms for Details of Comcast Contracts
Filed Under: Benton Headlines
The Federal Communications Commission is pushing for media companies to submit details of their programming agreements with Comcast, as it reviews the cable giant's proposed $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable.
FCC Asks Media Firms for Details of Comcast Contracts
Filed Under: Benton Headlines
The Federal Communications Commission is pushing for media companies to submit details of their programming agreements with Comcast, as it reviews the cable giant's proposed $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable.
Apple in Talks With Comcast About Streaming-TV Service
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Apple is in talks with Comcast about teaming up for a streaming-television service that would use an Apple set-top box and get special treatment on Comcast's cables to ensure it bypasses congestion on the Web, people familiar with the matter say. The deal, if sealed, would mark a new level of cooperation and integration between a technology company and a cable provider to modernize TV viewing.
Borrowers Hit Social Media Hurdles
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More lending companies are mining Facebook, Twitter and other social media data to help determine a borrower's creditworthiness or identity, a trend that is raising concerns among consumer groups and regulators.
Slow Broadband Internet Speeds Vex Nation’s Schools
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As public schools nationwide embrace instruction via iPads, laptops and other technologies, many are realizing they lack the necessary broadband speed to perform even simple functions. This is crimping classroom instruction as more teachers pull lesson plans off the Internet and use bandwidth-hungry programming.
When Ads Look Like Content
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The Federal Trade Commission on Dec 4 will host an informal workshop for advertisers, publishers and legal experts titled "Blurred Lines: Advertising or Content?" to discuss whether media outlets are adequately identifying sponsored stories on their websites as promotional pitches, and to consider if consumers might be misled.
IT Spending to Reach $3.8 Trillion Next Year, as Billions of Things Get Connected
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When you start adding up all the IT budgets of every company and government agency, you start talking about, as they say, real money. Here’s the figure: $3.8 trillion. That’s the new figure that research firm Gartner said global IT spending will reach in 2014.