Entertainment & Arts
FCC Chairman Briefs TV Executives: FCC Chairman Alfred C.
March 22, 1990
Broadcasters and cable television companies are about to engage in a high-stakes game of chicken that could cause some viewers to miss out on the World Series or “Roseanne.”
April 30, 1993
World & Nation
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which last year drew congressional ire for allegedly funding a public-TV show on gay life, is under fire by one of its own directors--this time for supporting a Los Angeles radio station that he says has aired racist and anti-Semitic programs.
April 7, 1993
Company Town
A New York judge on Thursday ended a blackout — at least temporarily — of television networks owned by Univision Communications Inc. on Charter Communications’ cable service.
Feb. 2, 2017
Even Hollywood might have difficulty coming up with a plot with more twists and hurdles than media mogul Rupert Murdoch faces in his bid to launch a huge new satellite TV venture that would rival traditional cable TV.
March 1, 1997
Awards
FCC lets program access rules expire
Oct. 5, 2012
Aereo’s streak of legal victories over the broadcasting industry has come to an end.
Feb. 19, 2014
FTC Backs Networks: The Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Economics recommended that the Federal Communications Commission repeal the so-called financial interest and syndication rules that prohibit the three major TV networks from participating in the $3-billion program rerun business.
Dec. 27, 1990
Federal court in Utah sides with broadcasters against Aereo
Television
The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will rule on whether Congress violated the First Amendment when it restricted sexually explicit programming on some cable television channels.
Nov. 14, 1995