In the current debate over how the U.S. should oversee the internet, the worst case scenario for many is the web reinvented as cable TV: a service where subscribers pay a lot of money for a… Read more »
When telecom giant Comcast announced plans in February to swallow its largest rival, Time Warner Cable, the consensus in Washington and on Wall Street was that regulators would let the deal go through. Now, as… Read more »
More than 30 law and economics experts warned the FCC that a proposed merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable would violate anti-monopoly laws, and will lead to harm for consumers. Read more »
Comcast’s top lawyer is taking a more aggressive tone at a time when attention is shifting to the internet implications of its proposed merger with Time Warner Cable. Read more »
Try as they might to make it seem otherwise, the commercial interests of MLB Advanced Media and Netflix are not co-terminus with the public’s interest in net neutrality. Read more »
Writing regulations to address a complex issue like internet peering could take years and would likely be subject to years more of court challenges. Read more »
Senator Jay Rockefeller has come up with a better way to try to skin the net neutrality cat, by treating it squarely as a competition issue rather than a telecommunications issue. Read more »
Several leading consumer interest groups responded enthusiastically yesterday to news of the Justice Department’s antitrust probe into cable operators use of data caps and other tactics against online video competitors. Free… Read more »
Fresh off bringing an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and three publishers over e-book pricing, the U.S. Justice Department has set its sites on the over-the-top video business. According to the Wall… Read more »