Jon Festinger
News of the Week; May 31, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Can Cancon Compete?: A Response to the WGC on The Future of Canadian TV Production (Michael Geist) Victims Of Anti-Net Neutrality Identity Theft Demand Answers: An unknown party has been using names of real people to spam the FCC with fake comments against internet freedom People who were impersonated by […]
News of the Week; May 24, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Canadian TV in the Netflix Age: In Defence of the CRTC Television Licensing Decision (Michael Geist) Diversity and competitive equity underline the CRTC’s recent decisions on television services operated by Canada’s large French- and English-language ownership groups Montreal Economic Institute isn’t ready for internet reality: No, cat videos aren’t going […]
News of the Week; May 17, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Internet, TV providers focus on new video packages as 1 million Canadians watch unlicensed content on Android boxes FCC Temporarily Stops Taking Net Neutrality Comments So FCC Can ‘Reflect’ The FCC Spent Last Week Trying To Make Net Neutrality Supporters Seem Unreasonable, Racist & Unhinged Flooded with thoughtful net neutrality comments, […]
News of the Week; March 10, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Lawsuit depicts Fox News as not just sexist. Not just misogynistic. Barbaric. FCC to investigate, ‘take appropriate action’ on Colbert’s Trump rant Opening up broadcast indecency The FCC ‘Investigation’ Into Stephen Colbert Is A Complete Non-Story FCC to Investigate Steven Colbert? – Much Ado About Nothing A John Oliver Net […]
News of the Week; March 3, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Ex-CRTC commissioner claims victory following Federal Court ruling Why Canada’s Net Neutrality Commitment Places Consumers in Control (Michael Geist) Too little, too late? FCC wins net neutrality court case: Wheeler’s court win over ISPs reaffirmed, but Pai plans to overturn the rules. ISPs Lose En Banc Appeal, Current Net Neutrality […]
News of the Week; March 26, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY As US prepares to gut net neutrality rules, Canada strengthens them: Canada cracks down on zero-rating while FCC allows paid data cap exemptions. Canada Rushes To Defend Net Neutrality As The U.S. Moves To Dismantle It As U.S. gears up for Internet fight, Canada sees an opportunity A very Canadian […]
News of the Week; April 19, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Bill O’Reilly out at Fox after harassment allegations Fox News Found the Perfect Woman-Hater to Replace Bill O’Reilly Alex Jones’ Defense in Upcoming Custody Battle Is That He’s a Fake When Is An Insane Conspiracy Theorist A Bad Parent?: Bizarre strategy in Alex Jones case. FTC Commissioner: If The FCC […]
News of the Week; April 12, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Paul, Weiss Investigating Bill O’Reilly Yochai Benkler: The Right-Wing Media Ecosystem FCC Kills Charter Merger Condition That Would Have Forced ISPs To Compete President Trump Nullifies FCC Broadband Consumer Privacy Rules Yes, There Are Other Laws That Protect Privacy, But FCC’s Rules Were Still Helpful FCC chair wants to replace […]
News of the Week; April 5, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Net Neutrality Is Trump’s Next Target, Administration Says Ajit Pai says broadband market too competitive for strict privacy rules: FCC Chair ignores lack of home Internet competition in argument against privacy rules. FCC, FTC Bosses Pen Misleading Editorial Falsely Claiming The Best Way To Protect Your Privacy Moving Forward… Is […]
News of the Week; March 29, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY Germany wants to regulate a 24-hour livestream as a broadcaster: Running a non-stop Twitch channel could be expensive. Consumer Broadband Privacy Protections Are Dead Senate votes to let ISPs sell your Web browsing history to advertisers: ISP now stands for “invading subscriber privacy,” Democratic senator says. U.S. Senate Approves Resolution […]
