Tom Wheeler is set to become America's next top telecom regulator, and the fear among critics is that Wheeler's ties to big business could threaten consumers. But in fact, the battle lines on Wheeler's confirmation process aren't hardening in a predictable way at all.
Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Julius Genachowski will announce his resignation on Friday, according to unnamed sources, and the hunt for his replacement is well underway.
Every broadcast network has a Standards & Practices department. They're the fussy worrywarts who stringently enforce FCC rules about indecency — sexy stuff, swears, maybe violence. Basically they regulate all the fun stuff. But just how specific and needling are they?
The carriers instead insist that emergency standards should be voluntary, an approach the Federal Communications Commission has gone along with.
It's hard to tell exactly where the cell phone outages are happening without exact information from the wireless companies, but because of the way cell phone technology works, we know that the densest areas with the most power outages and the worst weather damage—i.e., downtown Manhattan—are where cell service is hurting the most.
In the word's of Bono, the Supreme Court's ruling on FCC v. Fox was "effing brilliant!" Today, the Supreme Court thew out fines against Fox and other broadcasters by the Federal Communications Commission for fleeting expletives or nudity on TV. Meanwhile, its much anticipated Obamacare ruling won't be coming down today.
A "rogue engineer" was responsible for writing the code that made Google's Street View cars collect personal information over unprotected wireless networks, according to a new report.
Many of the country’s biggest media companies — which own dozens of newspapers and TV news operations — are flexing their muscle in Washington in a fight against a government initiative to increase transparency of political spending.
Just two weeks, practically nobody knew what Carrier IQ was, but thanks to a viral YouTube video showing evidence that the company's software was logging keystrokes on smartphones, a growing list of federal agencies are opening investigations.
The Federal Communications Commission is bound to get good reviews today after it voted to require cable operators and TV stations to keep TV commercials from being louder than the programs during which they air.
Anderson Cooper's daytime talk show, Anderson, which recently featured segments such as "Plastic Surgery Gone Wrong" and "Hoarders & How to Free Your Life From Clutter," is one of the newsier shows the FCC has ruled a bona fide news program.
Twitter hires "one of the most influential tech policy operatives you've never heard of"
It could be the final say on whether TV networks can curse and show bare butts
The president of GLAAD urges the FCC to approve the T-Mobile acquisition. But why?
The third place mobile company says the merger won't add value to consumers
According to the press release, she' got "the perfect set of skills" to be a lobbyist
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