Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology
As I mentioned in a previous post, cellphone television is coming and that raises the interesting question of whether cellphone censorship will follow. The New York Post has a short article today about the new race to develop a standard for cellphone video transmission. The article quotes Neil Strother, an analyst with In-Stat, a Scottsdale, [...]
[[cross-posted from PFF Blog]] Verizon announced yesterday that it has struck a major deal with NBC Universal to carry all of NBC’s 12 cable networks on Verizon’s new fiber lines. This comes on the heels of Verizon penning deals with cable giants Discovery Communications and Liberty Media’s Starz Entertainment Group to carry the networks produced [...]
A few weeks ago, video rental giant Blockbuster announced it was abandoning its effort to acquire rival Hollywood Video after Federal Trade Commission (FTC) antitrust officials made it clear they would likely block the deal. As I mentioned in a post prior to that announcement, this represents a classic example of how backward-looking antitrust policy [...]
So I drove over to CompUSA late last night for a special 10-till-Midnight sale. (Yes, I’m that big of a dork… but hey, I needed a new laptop and they had some good sales). When I walked through the door, there was a mob standing around a giant bin fighting each other for a chance [...]
Kyle McSlarrow is, by all accounts, a good guy. I even voted for him when he ran unsuccessfully for Congress in my district a few years ago. It was a tough district, against a tough incumbent. That political challenge, however, was nothing compared to the challenges he now faces as cable’s man in Washington. The [...]
[cross-posted from the PFF blog] Last week, Philadelphia released its long-awaited blueprint for a municipal wi-fi project called “Wireless Philadelphia.” This week, Tom Lenard and I have released two studies outlining our reservations about the Philly proposal and municipalization more generally. Here’s Tom’s paper, and here’s mine. First let me provide a summary of the [...]
Who competes with whom in today’s communications world? Most policymakers today are just now coming to grips with the fact than old-fashioned wired telephones compete with wireless telephony, and that broadcast TV stations compete with cable and satellite providers. But maybe they should be thinking even more broadly. As reported Wednesday’s Financial Times, BBDO–the world’s [...]
[[cross-posted from PFF blog]] Reuters has an interesting report today about the rumors circulating that News Corp. could be the latest media giant contemplating some sort of downsizing. News Corp. Chief Operating Officer Peter Chernin is quoted vigorously denying such rumors, saying: “We don’t believe synergy is dead. We have no intentions to split up.” [...]
May 16, 2012
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