FARM
BILL SET with provisions to promote rural broadband. Congress hopeful
of overriding threatened veto.
INTERNET
ANTITRUST BILL would punish violators of open network standards.
CABLEVISION
WIFI PLANS would blanket its service area in mobile-broadband
within two years.
JUDGES
QUESTION FCC AUTHORITY to adopt emergency backup power rules
after Hurricane Katrina.
P2P
KEY for future communications, Digital Hollywood told. Network
management to be necessary.
REMAND
OF FCC BPL RULES could amplify regulatory uncertainty for
utilities, officials said.
FCC
GOES WITH IRIDIUM, modifying L-band licenses globally. Globalstar
calls action ‘unprecedented and damaging.’ It
reports better churn number in earnings call.
TELECOM
NOTES: FCC proposes collecting $312 million in regulatory fees for
fiscal year 2008... NASUCA urges FCC to deny Iowa Telecom waiver
petition... T-Mobile adds one million net subscribers Q1.
PBS
NOT IN DTV TEST in Wilmington, N.C., for technical, safety reasons.
Four stations are in unique market.
XM-SIRIUS
EIGHT-CHANNEL idea rejected by once-supportive lawmaker as insufficient.
Set aside ‘commitment’ is less than
2 percent of Georgetown Partner request.
MEDIA
NOTES: Court delays action on Tribune suit vs. FCC... LIN CEO sees
analog
cutoff a ‘Y2K event’... Charter, NCTA
press for small cable exemption... QVC Q1 sales up 4.8 percent.
INTERNET
ANTITRUST BILL would punish violators of open network standards.
VIRTUAL
WORLDS, SOCNETS targets of national leadership at state,
congressional level.
MUSIC
STREAMERS EXPECTED to give in on reproduction royalties, YouTube
counsel says of 'very highly likely' CRB settlement.
RIAA
GOING TO STATES for university P2P mandates, Educause hears.
MISLEADING INTERNET AIRFARES still confuse shoppers, says European
Commission official.
NO
PANACEA FOR PIRACY, Digital Hollywood told. Content owners should
market user experience, not rely on DRM.
CAPITOL
HILL: House passes PRO-IP Act... House bill aims to improve
cybersecurity at DHS... Senate Judiciary holds off markup of orphan
works, child porn bills.
COURTS: Conn.
man draws 2 1/2 years for 'warez' infringement... Major P2P case
in N.Y. adjourned for a month.
U.K.'s
FREESAT RUNNING with low-cost satellite receivers to bring DTV to
homes denied terrestrial broadcasts.
SAMSUNG, SHARP DROP PRICES $50 to $500 on 26W to 52W LCD TVs in bid
to preserve market share.
BEST
BUY EXPANDS INTO EUROPE, buying 50 percent of U.K.'s Carphone
Warehouse for $2.1 billion, forming joint venture.
PBS
NOT IN DTV TEST in Wilmington, N.C., for technical, safety reasons.
Four stations are in unique market.
XM-SIRIUS
EIGHT-CHANNEL idea rejected by once-supportive lawmaker
as insufficient.
HIGH
MARKS FOR MOST GAME RETAILERS in latest FTC mystery shopper
survey. Only 20 percent of underage shoppers able to buy M-rated
games.
DIGITAL
RADIO: XM, Sirius set Q1 earnings calls for May 12, first
time they have released results same day.
DIGITAL
TV: Broadcaster consumer education efforts around switch
to HDTV to ramp up after November election, LIN TV CEO says.
COMPANIES: Macrovision
moving on from legacy analog copy-protection business after Gemstar-TV
Guide buy.
