The FCC draft "restoring internet freedom" order cites studies to show the 2015 net neutrality order hurt the economy. Such arguments have been disputed, but court watchers agree for the most part that when legal challenges are filed, judges are likely to give the analysis little scrutiny. NCTA CEO Michael Powell told reporters Wednesday consumers will see no change due to the order. The National Hispanic Media Coalition said it expects to take the regulator to court, and states may as well.
The FCC draft "restoring internet freedom" order cites studies to show the 2015 net neutrality order hurt the economy. Such arguments have been disputed, but court watchers agree for the most part that when legal challenges are filed, judges are likely to give the analysis little scrutiny. NCTA CEO Michael Powell told reporters Wednesday consumers will see no change due to the order. The National Hispanic Media Coalition said it expects to take the regulator to court, and states may as well.
Streaming devices and nimble services are setting the bar for the video user experience, causing MVPDs to play catch-up, said Chris Thun, TiVo vice president-product, on a Parks Associates webcast Tuesday. The over-the-top (OTT) video experiences consumers are interacting with “are the bar" they expect, Thun said.
Dish Network is confident of meeting its March 2020 deadline for rolling out a 5G-centric narrowband (NB) IoT network, and is talking with chipset makers and tower owners with hopes of deals in coming months, executives told an earnings call Thursday. They expect to have radios using its AWS-4 and lower 700 MHz E-block spectrum holdings next year, being deployed shortly thereafter.
Dish Network is confident of meeting its March 2020 deadline for rolling out a 5G-centric narrowband (NB) IoT network, and is talking with chipset makers and tower owners with hopes of deals in coming months, executives told an earnings call Thursday. They expect to have radios using its AWS-4 and lower 700 MHz E-block spectrum holdings next year, being deployed shortly thereafter.
Dish Network is confident of meeting its March 2020 deadline for rolling out a 5G-centric narrowband (NB) IoT network, and is talking with chipset makers and tower owners with hopes of deals in coming months, executives told an earnings call Thursday. They expect to have radios using its AWS-4 and lower 700 MHz E-block spectrum holdings next year, being deployed shortly thereafter.
Arguing that Sinclair still hasn't articulated a case for why its proposed $6.6 billion Tribune purchase is in the public interest, an array of industry groups, programmers and state attorneys general pushed against FCC approval or called for conditions. The docket 17-179 comments were in response to Sinclair's Oct. 5 replies to an agency information request (see 1710060055). The FCC's 180-day unofficial "shot clock" of the merger review remained paused Friday at 104 and the agency didn't say when it might restart.
The Amazon Alexa march continued in the smart speaker space Monday with DTS' announcement of the Phorus PS10 ($249) speaker in the Play-Fi ecosystem. The PS10's built-in far-field mic array allows users to do standard Alexa functions: access information, play music and control other home automation devices via the Amazon Alexa Voice Service, said the company.
Sinclair/Tribune opponent Coalition to Save Local Media began a national advertising campaign to “highlight how the Sinclair Broadcasting-Tribune Media merger will stifle local and independent media voices and put greed ahead of local viewers,” said a news release Thursday. The video ad describes Sinclair as emphasizing its own content over local news operations. “Contact Congress to tell them to deny” Sinclair buying Tribune, the ad said. The FCC paused the deal’s 180-day shot clock Wednesday to allow for additional comments (see 1710180071). “Sinclair and Tribune have failed to provide adequate justification that this merger is in the public interest and have not answered questions raised by the FCC and other parties,” the opposition group said of the paused clock. “In this comment period, the FCC, as well as the Department of Justice and other parties, should pay close attention to the serious concerns that continue to be raised.” Sinclair didn't comment.
Sinclair/Tribune opponent Coalition to Save Local Media began a national advertising campaign to “highlight how the Sinclair Broadcasting-Tribune Media merger will stifle local and independent media voices and put greed ahead of local viewers,” said a news release Thursday. The video ad describes Sinclair as emphasizing its own content over local news operations. “Contact Congress to tell them to deny” Sinclair buying Tribune, the ad said. The FCC paused the deal’s 180-day shot clock Wednesday to allow for additional comments (see 1710180071). “Sinclair and Tribune have failed to provide adequate justification that this merger is in the public interest and have not answered questions raised by the FCC and other parties,” the opposition group said of the paused clock. “In this comment period, the FCC, as well as the Department of Justice and other parties, should pay close attention to the serious concerns that continue to be raised.” Sinclair didn't comment.