The D.C. Circuit has affirmed the prohibition against exclusivity arrangements between cable operators and cable-affiliated programming networks. But the likelihood of that prohibition staying on the shelves beyond its current sell-by date (i.e., 2012) is dubious.… Continue Reading
The subscriber cap which the Commission adopted in 2007 to keep cable companies from acquiring too much control of program delivery mechanisms is officially toast.… Continue Reading
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has upheld the Commission's Intermodal Number Portability order, but in so doing, the Court has signaled its impatience with the FCC's slow-motion deliberations in the related intercarrier compensation (ICC) proceeding.… Continue Reading