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Comcast Corp. is facing more calls for information from Massachusetts elected officials who are concerned that the broadcast signal of its new NBC station in Boston won't reach some viewers. US Representatives Stephen Lynch and Joseph Kennedy III sent a letter to Comcast chief executive Brian Roberts Friday, asking whether people who do not subscribe to cable or satellite services and instead watch free television over the air will be unable to tune in to the new station next month.
After all the shouting this election season, perhaps it's no wonder AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson is proposing a tone-deaf $85.4 billion megamerger with Time Warner. On paper, the deal may have seemed like a shoo-in -- after all, the Department of Justice approved a similar merger between Comcast and NBC Universal in 2011.
" The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing in December on the proposed $85 billion merger of communications giants AT&T and Time Warner. The Republican and Democratic leaders of the panel announced Thursday that the Dec. 7 hearing will focus on the planned merger's impact on consumers.
More than three decades ago, such was AT&T's monopoly over the nation's communications networks that the government forcefully shattered its empire. Now, as one of its successors again seeks a formidable business empire by buying Time Warner, lawmakers, analysts and advocacy groups are closely watching to see if the union, or any that follow in its wake, poses harm to consumers.
AT&T Inc has announced it has agreed to buy Time Warner Inc for $85.4 billion , in the most significant move yet by a telecommunications company to acquire content to stream over its network to attract a growing number of online viewers. The biggest deal in the world this year will, if approved by regulators, give AT&T control of cable TV channels HBO and CNN, film studio Warner Bros and other coveted media assets.
Thais pray behind portraits of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej at Siriraj Hospital where the king is being treated in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016. . Thais pray while holding up portraits of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej at Siriraj Hospital where the king is being treated in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016.
All choked up! Hillary Clinton is caught up in a marathon coughing fit and struggles to speak in Cleveland but tries to play it off as an 'allergic reaction' to Trump Driver, 20, who pulled up in an SUV and 'shot a 13-year-old girl dead and wounded her friend as they walked home from school' is arrested Johnny Manziel re-enrolls at Texas A&M University to major in recreation, parks and tourism as he claims he's 'trying to get back on track' Pictured: The high-flying female college student, 22, and teenage boy gunned down at New York West Indian carnival 'with reputation for violence' Siri set to control your home: Apple to launch app to take on Amazon and Google in the battle for the smart house Ahoy there! Jeff Williams tweets incredible panoramic video showing boats sailing down New York's Hudson River - as seen on a sunny day from space The final resting place of U576: German U-Boat ... (more)
Earlier this month the court halted the FCC's attempt to dismantle protectionist state broadband laws, which have been written and lobbied for by ISPs in 19 states to hinder municipal broadband expansion . The New York Times takes a look at how broadband providers like AT&T, Comcast and CenturyLlink refuse to upgrade many rural customers, but simultaneously are fighting to pass laws ensuring these towns can't upgrade themselves, either.
A 25-year-old law has failed to put an end to pesky automated sales calls and scams, but now Google, Apple, and others are teaming up with the Federal Communications Commission in an attempt to curb the scourge. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler speaks at the FCC Net Neutrality hearing in Washington, D.C. on February 26, 2015.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy sits down for an interview with Hala Gorani of CNN at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA on Tuesday, July 26, 2016. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy sits down for an interview with Hala Gorani of CNN at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA on Tuesday, July 26, 2016.
A Senate investigation of cable TV costs released Thursday criticized two major cable companies for consistently failing to provide refunds to customers they knew had been overcharged. The Senate Permanent Investigations subcommittee found Time Warner Cable and Charter Communications made no effort to trace set-top box equipment overcharges and to provide refunds to customers.
Last year the Federal Communications Commission [official website] passed new rules [JURIST report] that prevent service providers from offering speedier lands to those willing to pay extra. This caused controversy between businesses such as Google and Netflix with service providers like AT&T , Verizon and Comcast [company website].
Handing a big victory to everyday people, an appeals court Tuesday upheld the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules. The decision likely guarantees that the internet won't go the route of cable television, and that we will be the ones to decide what sites and services we use online -- not Comcast or AT&T.
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the government's "net neutrality" rules that require internet providers to treat all web traffic equally. The 2-1 ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is a win for the Obama administration, consumer groups and content companies such as Netflix that want to prevent online content from being blocked or channeled into fast and slow lanes.