Hollywood, D.C.
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Zucker Defends NBC’s Online Olympics Restrictions to Congress
Congressional members scrutinizing the Comcast/NBC U deal are concerned that less free web content will follow
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Correspondents Dinner Guest List Starts to Form (updated)
CBS invites Couric, Rahm Emanuel, Margulies, O’Donnell — and a former “Idol” contestant; ABC adds Bigelow, Boal
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CBS Affiliates ‘Concerned’ About Comcast-NBCU Deal
Board has asked for a meeting with Comcast over voluntary regulations
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Ira Teinowitz -
Major Hollywood Orgs Petition White House on Piracy
Group including the MPAA and major labor groups asks for more protection for intellectual property
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Court OKs Local Media Consolidation
Move appears to let Tribune Company and some other media companies keep their TV stations
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Ira Teinowitz -
FCC Opens Comment Period on NBCU-Comcast
The expected move will push FCC action on the deal until fall
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Ira Teinowitz -
FCC Approves Broadband Plan; Hollywood Applauds
Over concerns about privacy and piracy, reaction to unanimous FCC approval of plan structure is positive
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Ira Teinowitz -
Comcast, NBCU: Our Deal Won’t Disrupt TV-on-the-Web
Would a Comcast-NBC Universal merger end free TV shows on the web? That’s what Congress wants to know.
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Ira Teinowitz -
FCC: The Future Is Broadband, Not TV
And, says the commission, the U.S. is getting woefully behind in providing high-speed access
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Ira Teinowitz -
You Must Share Channels, Court Tells Cable Companies
Admits cable has lost market share, but not enough
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Ira Teinowitz -
Wells on Comcast Deal: Creating a ‘Superpower’
Wants net neutrality, and a quarter of primetime hours devoted to independent programming
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Cable Companies Take Retrans Fight to FCC, Congress
Letters sent to Washington argue the system is broken
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Ira Teinowitz -
Heidi Montag in a Hot Tub with Sen. Dodd?
Another Ron Howard-directed video parody, this one in support of MainStreetBrigade
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Ira Teinowitz -
Now It’s a ‘Wasted Vast Land’
Commissioner does Newt Minow one better in the FCC’s investigation of the media industry
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Ira Teinowitz -
‘SNL’s’ Presidential Impersonators Reunite (video)
Will Ferrell, Chevy Chase, Dana Carvey and more join the fake Obamas in the White House bedroom
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Ira Teinowitz