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FCC
REFORM BILLS endorsed
by McDowell. Markup expected Tuesday.
LONG-RUMORED
APPLE INTERNET TV could offer 'added benefit for gamers,'
Take-Two CEO says.
700
MHZ INTEROPERABILITY order will get vote at March FCC meeting, small carriers hope.
PROPOSED
MISSOURI BILL may walk the line between public safety and
privacy concerns.
VIASAT SUES SS/L alleging satellite design patent infringment and
breach of contract. Similarities between ViaSat-1 and Jupiter in
question.
TELECOM NOTES: Comments sought on reverse auction rules ... MetroPCS
downgraded ... R.I. governor outlines ambitious broadband plans.
MEDIA
NOTES: Media
Bureau supports denies Super Bowl complaint ... CBC members get letters
on FM chips in cellphones ... $44,000 fine proposed against Chicago
AM station for sponsorship ID rule violations ... TWC fires back at
Cordillera.
TWITTER
CENSORSHIP POLICY can be easily circumvented, say social media experts.
TARGETING
IMPORTANT DATA from the 'fire hose' can be used to determine
outcomes, other useful metrics, say data monitoring firms.
CAPITOL HILL: Internet privacy, data security legislation are top
priorities for Bono Mack's subcommittee.
INTERNATIONAL: Google asked to hold off on new privacy policy pending
inquiry by EU privacy chiefs.
CORNING
STEERING GORILLA GLASS toward tablets and smartphones, but will continue to
supply Sony TVs into 2013.
KALEIDESCAPE
ON HOLD but doesn't believe existing installed DVD
server systems would be seized in DVD CCA suit.
SILICON IMAGE LOOKS to mobile market to prop up CE business, which
is expected to struggle through 2012.
THQ SHARES FALL FURTHER despite announcement of deal with Innovative
Leisure for digital games.
COMPUTING: RIM slashes pricing on its BlackBerry PlayBooks, dropping
16-GB entry-level model to $199.
VIDEOGAMES: 3DS again outsells PS Vita in Japan, but sales of both
systems grow from prior week.
