http://news.prlog.org/tag/fcc/fcc - Latest News (Press Releases) - Read news before it's newsen-us3600 http://www.prlog.org/12113176-legal-challenge-to-redskins-name-at-fcc-begins.htmlA dozen former FCC officials have attacked the use of the term "redskins," which has repeatedly been held derogatory and racist, by threatening to challenge the license renewal of broadcast stations which unnecessarily use the term on the... http://www.prlog.org/12060451-piciorgros-tmo-100-tetra-data-modem-approved-for-usa-and-canada.htmlTMO-100 and DVI-100 approved in the US and Canada by FCC and Industry Canada http://www.prlog.org/12046596-boeing-tests-in-flight-wireless-on-potatoes-not-people.htmlShould we allow airlines to adopt wi-fi and cellular systems on airplanes? Given the latest health research and our outmoded FCC wireless regulations, is this safe for humans, especially for pregnant women and children? http://www.prlog.org/11874342-warning-of-peril-for-rural-americas-future-grassroots-teleco-leaders-respond-to-fcc-hearing.htmlGrassroots telecommunications leaders-saying USF reform will bring national devastation–took no encouragements from FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s comments before the Appropriations Financial Services Subcommittee Hearing. http://www.prlog.org/11861018-lista-names-robert-bard-and-roberto-abreu-as-co-chairs-of-6th-etl-summit-and-tech-achievers-award.htmlLISTA announced today that Latina Style's Robert Bard & LISTA’s NYPres, Robert Abreu will Co-Chair the LISTA 6th Annual Emerging Technology Leadership Summit & National Latino Technology Achievers Award. www.techlatino247.org Follow #techlatino247 http://www.prlog.org/11834273-american-cable-association-urges-fcc-retention-of-hd-carriage-exemption-for-must-carry-broadcasters.htmlContinued Extension By Federal Communications Commission Needed More Now for Small Operators, Trade Group Says http://www.prlog.org/11830329-american-cable-association-commends-fccs-policy-focus-in-cable-program-access-nprm.htmlACA President & CEO Matthew M. Polka issued the following statement on the FCC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) initiating a review of the exclusive contract prohibition and other restrictions contained within the cable program access rules: http://www.prlog.org/11826505-american-cable-association-announces-appointment-of-three-new-board-members.htmlKate Adams of James Cable, John Conrad of Liberty Cablevision and Dave Keefe of Atlantic Broadband Expand ACA Board's Executive Experience and Leadership Diversity http://www.prlog.org/11826305-independent-cable-celebrates-achievements-at-american-cable-associations-19th-washington-summit.htmlOn Office Visits To FCC, Capitol Hill, American Cable Association Members Seek Action On Retransmission Consent http://www.prlog.org/11812534-corrected-wrc-anchor-supports-law-profs-condemnation-of-redskins.htmlAn anchor at WRC-TV has backed a law prof in suggesting that using "Redskins" as the team name is as racist as using the work "chink" in connection with the Jeremy Lin - a move which echos another made by a DC area broadcaster some 20 years ago http://www.prlog.org/11804505-words-insulting-to-blacks-chinese-and-muslims-bring-sanctions-but-not-for-redskins.htmlThe use of words insulting to Chinese, Muslims, Blacks and other groups are swiftly punished, but the unnecessary use of the R-word ["redskins'] by broadcasters is venerated, and could lead to the loss of a broadcasting license http://www.prlog.org/11802178-aca-fcc-should-withhold-caf-support-from-price-cap-incumbents-in-all-competitive-areas.htmlAmerican Cable Association Says Federal Communications Commission Needs To Focus Broadband Support On Unserved Areas To Prevent Wasteful Spending http://www.prlog.org/11800812-american-cable-association-summit-2012-to-feature-conversation-with-fcc-chairman-genachowski.htmlFCC Leader, Broadband Champion And Supporter Of Small Business To Discuss His Public Policy Agenda For The Nation http://www.prlog.org/11796032-aca-seeks-rejection-of-telco-sought-modifications-that-would-skew-fccs-broadband-support-program.htmlAmerican Cable Association Urges FCC To Retain Balance In Its New USF Regime http://www.prlog.org/11786882-us-senator-mark-pryor-to-address-acas-19th-annual-summit-in-washington-dc.htmlKey Capitol Hill Lawmaker At Center Of Telecom Debate To Update Hundreds Of American Cable Association Members On The Year Ahead In Communications Policymaking http://www.prlog.org/11776589-aca-fccs-competitive-bidding-proposals-most-efficient-means-of-disbursing-broadband-support.htmlThe American Cable Association announced broad but qualified support for Federal Communications Commission policies and initiatives designed to promote broadband deployment in the most costly and geographically remote regions of the country http://www.prlog.org/11771741-aca-urges-fcc-to-reject-calls-to-expand-program-carriage-rules-to-include-all-cable-companies.htmlAmerican Cable Association Says Congress Intended To Apply Law Only To Vertically Integrated MVPDs, http://www.prlog.org/11770796-aca-concerned-fccs-latest-eas-rules-could-force-premature-shutdown-of-some-small-cable-systems.htmlAmerican Cable Association President and CEO Matthew M. Polka issued the following statement regarding the Jan. 10 release of the Federal Communications Commission's Emergency Alert System, Fifth Report and Order: http://www.prlog.org/11752666-aca-commends-communications-reform-legislation-unveiled-by-sen-jim-demint-and-rep-steve-scalise.htmlAmerican Cable Association President and CEO Matthew M. Polka issued the following statement in response to the introduction of major communications reform legislation by U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) http://www.prlog.org/11749639-aca-urges-fcc-to-craft-basic-tier-encryption-rules-that-do-not-disadvantage-smaller-cable-operators.htmlAmerican Cable Association Fears Cost Burdens Of Related FCC Mandates Would Make Encryption Less Attractive For Small Operators http://www.prlog.org/11748827-american-cable-association-president-ceo-matthew-polka-on-adoption-of-calm-act-regulations.htmlACA President and CEO Matthew M. Polka issued the statement below following the Federal Communications Commission's vote today to implement provisions of the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act or CALM Act. http://www.prlog.org/11744130-acas-polka-salutes-commissioner-michael-copps-on-his-decade-of-achievement-at-the-fcc.htmlAmerican Cable Association President and CEO Matthew M. Polka issued a statement on news that Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps is stepping down on or before Jan. 1, 2012, after a decade of public service at the regulatory agency: http://www.prlog.org/11736262-aca-backs-fcc-proposal-to-permit-basic-tier-encryption-for-all-digital-cable-providers.htmlAmerican Cable Association Says FCC Plan Would Promote Efficiencies Beneficial To Operators And Consumers Without Endangering Cable Service Compatibility http://www.prlog.org/11736197-telecommunications-carriers-start-to-prepare-for-recent-fcc-regulation-rulings.htmlDATAVO Says Compliance With FCC’s New Connect America Fund (CAF) Will Increase Telephone Bills For Some Customers http://www.prlog.org/11735449-acas-polka-praises-fcc-for-warning-tv-stations-about-tenuous-legality-of-ssa-practices.htmlAmerican Cable Association President and CEO Matthew M. Polka issued a statement in response to an FCC staff ruling regarding Raycom Media's control of three Honolulu TV stations pursuant to a Shared Services Agreement with MCG Capital http://www.prlog.org/11726820-aca-blasts-raycoms-shared-services-agreement-with-belo-to-control-three-tucson-stations.htmlACA blasts deal allowing Raycom Media to control three local stations in Tucson, including top-rated CBS and Fox stations, even though FCC rules generally ban formal cross ownership among the four highest-rated stations in a market. http://www.prlog.org/11723209-say-goodbye-to-internet-freedom-as-we-know-it.htmlOn November 20th, Internet freedom as we know it becomes a thing of the past. http://www.prlog.org/11720951-american-cable-assn-president-ceo-matthew-polka-comments-on-results-of-first-national-eas-test.html"The national EAS test was a huge effort carried out by a public-private partnership that truly performed a great service for the American people." ACA President and CEO Matthew M. Polka http://www.prlog.org/11717848-are-telemarketers-calling-your-mobile-phone.htmlConnecticut Better Business Bureau says Some Telemarketers Flaunt “Do Not Call” Registry List http://www.prlog.org/11712573-aca-president-ceo-matthew-polka-salutes-fcc-nominations-of-jessica-rosenworcel-and-ajit-pai.htmlACA is pleased President Obama will nominate Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai to serve at the FCC. Both are talented individuals with a deep understanding of the digital economy and the vital role played by small and mid-sized cable operators. http://www.prlog.org/11709232-aca-president-ceo-matthew-polka-applauds-fcc-for-historic-vote-to-reform-universal-service-fund.htmlACA's Polka says the Federal Communications Commission's vote to reform the Universal Service Fund sets the stage for the agency's direct support of broadband service in high cost areas for the first time in history http://www.prlog.org/11702494-ending-bill-shock-for-international-travelers.htmlAvoid bill shock from roaming and other mobile expenses http://www.prlog.org/11702459-bill-shock-and-the-fcc-and-ctias-wireless-usage-notification-guidelines.htmlTEMIA members comment on Bill Shock and the FCC and CTIA's Wireless Usage Notification Guidelines http://www.prlog.org/11702281-aca-urges-fcc-to-limit-new-closed-captioning-framework-to-only-online-video-programming-providers.htmlAmerican Cable Association Says IP Cable Services Not Distributed Over The Internet Are Already Covered By Existing FCC Closed Captioning Rules http://www.prlog.org/11686521-aca-president-ceo-matthew-polka-troubled-by-chairman-genachowskis-plan-for-reforming-usf.htmlThe FCC Chairman’s plan locks in a sole-source contract worth billions of dollars for over 10 years to a handful of incumbent large telecom companies to deploy broadband at maximum speeds that are below average. http://www.prlog.org/11683911-one-economys-karla-ballard-to-join-fccs-diversity-committee.htmlKarla Ballard, One Economy’s Chief of Strategy Development for Media and National Partnerships, has been appointed to the FCC’s Federal Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications in the Digital Age. http://www.prlog.org/11683794-aca-president-ceo-matthew-polka-comments-on-nabs-retransmission-consent-letter-to-the-fcc.html"The notion that retransmission consent negotiations take place in a free market is a figment of NAB's fertile imagination," American Cable Association President and CEO Matthew M. Polka says. http://www.prlog.org/11682332-aca-urges-fcc-to-prevent-public-private-gatekeepers-from-delaying-or-impeding-access-to-broadband.htmlThe American Cable Association called on the Federal Communications Commission to take firm action against public and private entities that impede broadband deployment by demanding excessive fees to access rights of way. http://www.prlog.org/11668713-aca-calls-on-fcc-to-promote-competition-by-removing-regulatory-barriers-to-cable-clec-mergers.htmlContact: Ted Hearn (202) 713-0826 or thearn@americancable.org http://www.prlog.org/11663937-aca-applauds-fcc-for-taking-additional-time-to-develop-final-common-alert-protocol-cap-regulations.htmlThe American Cable Association applauded the Federal Communications Commission for postponing until June 30, 2012 the deadline for cable operator compliance with the Emergency Alert System's (EAS) new Common Alert Protocol (CAP) technology. http://www.prlog.org/11656973-aca-highlights-problems-with-regional-sports-networks-owned-by-competing-distributors.htmlAccess to competitively significant regional sports networks on fair terms is essential to the promotion of robust competition among multichannel video programming distributors, American Cable Association says http://www.prlog.org/11655093-aca-president-and-ceo-matthew-polka-says-espns-new-nfl-deal-hurts-all-pay-tv-consumers.htmlThe American Cable Association says the pay-TV business model is broken because ESPN forces pay-TV providers to carry the expensive channel on the most basic programming tier, with no opt-out option for non-sports fans http://www.prlog.org/11650520-aca-seeks-fiscally-sound-competitively-neutral-universal-service-fund-for-the-broadband-age.htmlThe FCC should adopt fiscally sound and competitively neutral USF reforms and reject backward, pro-incumbent formulations of large phone companies determined to maintain a firm grip on as much government financial support as possible http://www.prlog.org/11643337-aca-president-ceo-matthew-polka-blasts-lin-tvs-blackout-of-mediacom-cable-customers.htmlACA responds to LIN TV's blackout against Mediacom cable subscribers. Stations involved include WALA-WFNA, Mobile-Pensacola; WOOD-WOTV, Grand Rapids; WANE, Ft. Wayne, WLUK, Green Bay; and WTHI Terre Haute and WLFI, Lafayette, Ind. http://www.prlog.org/11619982-apco-awards-contract-to-atdi-inc.htmlAFC - APCO's Spectrum Management Division Selects ATDI, Inc. to provide FCC Part 90 Compliant Radio Frequency Network Engineering Software Platform http://www.prlog.org/11350403-fcc-approvalof-finite-element-methodfor-biomedical-transmitters-puts-ansys-software-in-the-spotlight.htmlFor specific electromagnetic applications in the healthcare industry, HFSS™ software from ANSYS can now provide proof that a biomedical device transmitter design meets Federal Communications Commission (FCC) standards http://www.prlog.org/11326039-am-radios-use-in-broadband-deployment.htmlWireless industry innovator Lawrence Behr offers AM radio tower collocation to FCC effort to boost connectivity to broadband. http://www.prlog.org/11234438-marketel-systems-offers-ict-products-and-solutions.htmlMarkeTel has proven that their predictive dialer increases the time spent on the phone talking customers, an increase in productivity in the range of 150 to 400 percent. They are committed to developing products which constantly push the envelope. http://www.prlog.org/11117666-sennheiser-helps-xavier-college-preparatory-make-the-grade-in-presentation-of-fiddler-on-the-roof.htmlIn light of the 700 MHz spectrum reallocation mandated by the FCC, Xavier took advantage of Sennheiser's attractive rebate offers and upgraded its entire wireless audio infrastructure to Sennheiser's evolution wireless G3 series. http://www.prlog.org/10980148-is-social-media-allowed-in-your-workplace.htmlFill out our poll! You'll be glad you did. How much social media is too much or when is it too little? Free and fun poll.