Tag: FCC
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The FCC is Working on Providing $500 Million in Additional Funding For Rural Broadband
Yesterday the FCC announced a proposal that would provide an additional $500 million in new funding for rural broadband. In a statement from the FCC explained their goal with the new funding: “Closing the digital divide is the FCC’s top priority. A key way to reach this goal in rural America is updating the FCC’s…
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Can a Home Owners Association Ban Antennas? We Answer Your Questions
2017 was a great year for over the air TV and with the new 3.0 OTA standard on the horizon, your antenna is about to get better. Yet we often hear that a home owner’s association or other similar group will not let someone install an antenna on their condo or house. Yet the rules…
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The FCC Has Repealed Net Neutrality
We have known for some time this was going to happen but today the FCC made it official and has repealed Net Neutrality. This will return the internet to the rules that governed it at the start of 2015. The vote was 3-2 party-line vote by the Federal Communications Commission to repeal the controversial utility-like oversight of internet…
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How You Can Help Save Net Neutrality
This week it was announced that the FCC will vote to repeal the net neutrality rules that were set up in 2015. This repeal moves the Internet from being a Title II system to a Title I system. Many Americans are understandably concerned, and I want to lay out some great ways to help let…
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The FCC Will Vote on OTA Ownership Rules in December
For years now there has been a push to remove the rules that limit the number of over-the-air TV stations one owner can have. A single owner currently cannot own more than 39% of OTA stations. Years ago these rules were overturned in radio allowing radio station owners to own more stations. Now they are…
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The FCC Will Vote on The New 3.0 OTA Standard in November
The new 3.0 over the air TV (OTA) standard is rapidly approaching. With the promise of better coverage for over the air TV and 4K video, many stations have been pushing 3.0 as a way to stand out in the world of cord cutting. Now we know the standard is about to become official next month. Today…
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Local TV Will No Longer Need Local Studios
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently eliminated an 80-year-old rule that required stations to have a studio inside the market they are servicing. The rule was adopted nearly 80 years ago “to facilitate input from community members and the station’s participation in community activities,” the FCC said. But that’s no longer necessary because residents “can interact…
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According to the FCC Americans Now Have Fewer Pay-TV Options
This may fall under the category of you already knew this, but Americans now have even fewer traditional pay-TV options. According to the last FCC report on competition in pay TV the number of Americans who have access to four different pay-TV options (cable, telco, and satellite) decreased from 38.1% in 2014 to just 17.9%…
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Major Improvements Coming to Rural American Broadband
Rural broadband has long been a forgotten part of the Internet with many parts of America fortunate to have one provider that is offering what can barely be called broadband. Now it seems that the US government is ready to make a major investment in the backbone of American broadband. This week President Trump announced…
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The FCC Proposes Major Changes to How the Internet is Managed
Today the head of the FCC announced a plan to undo the Title II classification of internet service providers that happened a few years ago. The current FCC wants to return the internet the management that it had before the Obama administration changed it to Title II a few years ago. During a speech at the…