As the welcomes roll in for Julius Genachowski, whom President Obama formally announced Tuesday as his nominee for FCC chairman, so are hints of some of the challenges and changes he could bring. Expectations for change from Mr. Genachowski quickly started to surface on issues ranging from indecency...
Hours after the House failure to delay the digital TV transition, the outlines of a plan for a new House vote next week started emerging. The first step: A new vote in the U.S. Senate on a slightly revised DTV bill. Where do you stand on delaying the DTV switch? Make your voice heard in TVWeek's...
West Virginia Sen. Jay Rockefeller’s ascension to the chairmanship of the Senate Commerce Committee could mean a Senate far more active on broadcast television issues, industry executives and public-interest groups say. But media executives yearning for a drastic change in terms of how the government...
A House Energy & Commerce Committee report may have been damning of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin’s leadership, but it appears it won’t result in any quick congressional restructuring of the nation’s communications agency. While it’s still early, upcoming changes at the...
The incoming chairmen of the Senate and House committees that oversee the Federal Communications Commission are urging its chairman, Kevin Martin, to devote his remaining days to the digital TV transition and to postpone FCC action on several controversial issues. The warning from U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman...
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