Media Minutes: July 16, 2010
Media Minutes for July 16, 2010
Producer: Stevie Converse and Candace Clement
Length: 5:03
Warning that insufficient government oversight has resulted in higher cable and Internet service prices, Free Press President and CEO Josh Silver urged the FCC to stop the Comcast-NBC merger at the agency's public hearing in Chicago. And a victory for the people of North Carolina: An industry-written bill to ban municipal broadband was killed by the legislature.
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Chicago Takes on Comcast-NBC
- Critics Dominate Latest Hearing On Comcast-NBC Merger
- FCC Gets Earful On Comcast/NBCU Impact
- No Merger!
North Carolina Bill to Ban Municipal Broadband Projects Killed Again
- Municipal Broadband Haters in NC Dealt a Blow
- You Win! Consumers Fighting Back Help Kill Municipal Broadband Ban in North Carolina
- SEATOA – SouthEast Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors
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