Hewlett-Packard and Intel are "illuminating the darkness" in their efforts to bring more racial and gender diversity to their workforces and leadership ranks, the Rev. Jesse Jackson told us Wednesday. Jackson's Rainbow PUSH Coalition has been campaigning for greater workforce diversity in the tech industry (see 1508110036). The group applauded new Intel data released Wednesday about its hiring efforts as well as HP's announcement of its post-split board.
The exclusivity rule and some broadcaster/pay-TV negotiating tactics could be going by the wayside, as some had expected (see 1508110026). FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said Wednesday his office is circulating a set of draft orders tackling retransmission consent rules. The aim is "to bring governance up to date with the practical realities of today’s media landscape and will ensure that consumers remain well-served by our media policies," Wheeler said in a blog post announcing the retrans proposals and other possible rule changes affecting everything from AM radio to station contests. It also, if adopted, would set up a system for market modification for DBS and let local governments, local broadcasters and satellite providers request such market changes.
Hewlett-Packard and Intel are "illuminating the darkness" in their efforts to bring more racial and gender diversity to their workforces and leadership ranks, the Rev. Jesse Jackson told us Wednesday. Jackson's Rainbow PUSH Coalition has been campaigning for greater workforce diversity in the tech industry (see 1508110036). The group applauded new Intel data released Wednesday about its hiring efforts as well as HP's announcement of its post-split board.
The almost two-year review of whether Globalstar can deploy a private Wi-Fi channel in the 2.4 GHz band remains in limbo, some industry officials said. "We cannot say with clarity exactly where it is," CEO Jay Monroe said on a conference call Monday. "The next step in the process, once the technical work is completed, is for it to move to the eighth floor. Because there were no technical problems that were identified by the bureaus, I suspect that the bureaus have made that known to the eighth floor." Other parties have said the terrestrial low-power service (TLPS) for broadband would cause interference.
The almost two-year review of whether Globalstar can deploy a private Wi-Fi channel in the 2.4 GHz band remains in limbo, some industry officials said. "We cannot say with clarity exactly where it is," CEO Jay Monroe said on a conference call Monday. "The next step in the process, once the technical work is completed, is for it to move to the eighth floor. Because there were no technical problems that were identified by the bureaus, I suspect that the bureaus have made that known to the eighth floor." Other parties have said the terrestrial low-power service (TLPS) for broadband would cause interference.
The National Association of African American Owned Media and a media company plan to appeal this week seeking to overturn a U.S. District Court's dismissal of a $20 billion lawsuit against Comcast, Time Warner Cable and an array of civil rights organizations and individuals. "We want to get this reversed," Skip Miller of law firm Miller Barondess, representing NAAAOM, told us Monday.
Even as comment deadlines on emergency alert system rules were set Monday, the FCC had already received some filings from EAS stakeholders. Comments on proposed changes are due Sept. 9, replies Sept. 24, in docket 04-296, the Public Safety Bureau said in Monday's Federal Register. The proposed rule changes follow a request by the National Weather Service that the FCC add three EAS event codes for extreme wind and storm surges, and that it revise the territorial boundaries of geographic location codes 75 and 77, which are offshore marine areas.
Cord cutters increasingly are cutting Wall Street's regard for much of the pay-TV industry, as numerous stocks took a dive last week amid fears of declining numbers of video subscribers and smaller bundles. "It is clear the dynamic with the customer is changing," Cablevision CEO Jim Dolan said Friday in an earnings conference call. "The traditional video bundle does not work for all customers." The march toward smaller bundles "does leave anxiety out there for a lot of companies," CBS CEO Leslie Moonves said in another conference call.
Cord cutters increasingly are cutting Wall Street's regard for much of the pay-TV industry, as numerous stocks took a dive last week amid fears of declining numbers of video subscribers and smaller bundles. "It is clear the dynamic with the customer is changing," Cablevision CEO Jim Dolan said Friday in an earnings conference call. "The traditional video bundle does not work for all customers." The march toward smaller bundles "does leave anxiety out there for a lot of companies," CBS CEO Leslie Moonves said in another conference call.
Cord cutters increasingly are cutting Wall Street's regard for much of the pay-TV industry, as numerous stocks took a dive last week amid fears of declining numbers of video subscribers and smaller bundles. "It is clear the dynamic with the customer is changing," Cablevision CEO Jim Dolan said Friday in an earnings conference call. "The traditional video bundle does not work for all customers." The march toward smaller bundles "does leave anxiety out there for a lot of companies," CBS CEO Leslie Moonves said in another conference call.