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Senate Democrats Push FCC Review of Possible Streaming Regulation

By John Eggerton Published 19 October 23

Lawmakers say they don’t want streaming video’s rise to undermine access to local broadcast content

Policy

LeGeyt: NAB Wants FCC to Look at Regulating Streaming Video

By John Eggerton Last updated 9 November 22

In interview, NAB chief says trade group seeks new round of comments on dormant proceeding

Policy

Closed captioning on Acorn TV's Jack Irish

Comment Deadlines Set for Closed Captioning Accessibility

By John Eggerton Published 18 January 22

FCC cites complaints about difficulty of changing settings

Policy

New Bill Would Incentivize Diverse Streaming

By John Eggerton Published 9 September 21

Would give tax breaks to OTT services, MVPDs

Policy

MVPDs Applaud FCC's Proposed Gray TV Fine

By John Eggerton Published 8 July 21

The American Television Alliance said the FCC was right to propose fining Gray Television a half-million dollars for violating, as the FCC alleged, the commission's local ownership rules.

Policy

Chair of the NATPE MVPD committee and COO of TV5MONDE USA Patrice Courtaban

NATPE Expands Content Focus to Embrace Global Ecosystem Role of MVPDs

By Chelsea Anderson Published 9 December 20

NATPE is launching a broad new initiative to embrace the MVPD ecosystem, which will continue throughout 2021 and beyond.

Distribution

Disney's Streaming Move Creates New Questions for Distributors

By Jon Lafayette Last updated 8 September 20

Streaming

Programmers: Keep IRDs out of Lump C-Band Payments

By John Eggerton Published 2 July 20

Tell FCC they are proper province of programmers, satellite operators

Policy

How the Video Industry Went OTT Gradually… Then Suddenly

By Alan Wolk Last updated 29 June 20

TV[R]ev analyst Alan Wolk says the technology to enable serious change in the TV business has existed for many years. And thanks to the pandemic, serious change might finally be upon us.

Business