Jon Festinger
News of the Week; December 13, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY On the Eve of the FCC’s Reclassification of Broadband Services, the FCC and FTC Release Memorandum of Understanding for Oversight of Broadband No, The FTC Won’t Save You Once Net Neutrality Rules Are Killed It’s Super Hard To Find Humans In The Fcc’s Net Neutrality Comments FCC Must Investigate Fraud […]
News of the Week; December 6, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Massachusetts District Court Finds VoIP Service is Not Cellular Service Per Se Under the TCPA Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Pandora Could Face Billions In ‘Fast Lane’ Surcharges How To Make Sense Of Net Neutrality And Telecom Under Trump 50,000 net neutrality complaints were excluded from FCC’s repeal docket: FCC is […]
News of the Week; November 29, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Rogers to cut off support for Viceland TV station CASL is Constitutional (And Some Guidance on How to Interpret It) Ajit Pai’s Big Lie Ajit Pai’s Shell Game Comcast Spent Millions Repealing Net Neutrality, Now Wants You To Believe It Won’t Take Full, Brutal Advantage Comcast deleted net neutrality pledge […]
News of the Week; November 22, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Canada and the U.S. stand divided at the crossroads of net neutrality (Michael Geist) Bell insider reveals high-pressure sales tactics required on every single call: Bell says allegations are ‘completely unfounded and untrue’ Trump administration files suit to block AT&T/Time Warner merger: $108 billion merger would raise TV bills and […]
News of the Week; November 15, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Canada’s Billion Dollar Wireless Cash Grab: CRTC Data Shows Overage Fees Now Exceed Roaming Revenues (Michael Geist) FIFA Trial: Fox Sports Accused of Playing Role in Bribing Officials The NBA’s Vision For The Broadcast Of The Future Colorado Voters Shoot Down Comcast’s Protectionist State Broadband Law Google Fiber now sells […]
News of the Week; November 8, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Quebec Digital Sales Tax Bill Demonstrates the Complications That Come With Implementing a “Netflix Tax” (Michael Geist) US regulators demand CNN sale to approve AT&T-Time Warner deal: Dispute erupts in public as AT&T boss says he will not put news channel up for sale Trump’s DOJ wants AT&T/Time Warner to […]
News of the Week; November 1, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY New CASL Ruling: CRTC Provides Guidance on B2B Messaging and the Due Diligence Defence Ajit Pai submits plan to allow more media consolidation: Rules that preserve media diversity in local markets will be eliminated. FCC chair wants to impose a cap on broadband funding for poor families: Pai proposes Lifeline […]
News of the Week; October 25, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Government Rejects Call for an Internet Tax: “Conflicts With Principle of Affordable Access” (Michael Geist) Compliance and Enforcement Decision CRTC 2017-367: 3510395 Canada Inc., operating as Compu.Finder – Constitutional challenge to Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation Bill O’Reilly says he was one of many employees accused of sexual harassment at Fox James Murdoch […]
News of the Week; October 18, 2018
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Trump’s threats amount to a First Amendment violation Trump May Not Be Serious About His NBC Threats… But He May Have Violated The First Amendment FCC Chair Ajit Pai’s Silence On Trump Tweets Speaks Volumes Tom Wheeler to Ajit Pai: “Why the silence” about Trump’s media threats? – Meanwhile, Trump […]
News of the Week; October 11, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Netflix in campaign to ‘set record straight’ on $500-million pledge for Canadian productions Think There Should be a Netflix Tax?: Why There is Nothing Stopping Canadian Subscribers From Paying Today (Michael Geist) Donald Trump tweet suggests that FCC should take NBC off the air: That’s “not how it works,” FCC commissioner […]
