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Yesterday, a U.S. appeals court ruled not to pass a proposal made by the cable industry to override privacy regulations that would make it hard to share subscribers' private information with others.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit refused to pass a petition submitted by the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, which stated that federal regulations on telecom carriers' use of customer information contradicted free speech rights provided under the...
In a letter to Congress this week, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) said cable TV operators would voluntarily halt transitioning analog channels to more costly digital service tiers between December 31 and March 1. The letter said the move was intended to reduce a "layer of complexity" as U.S. broadcasters face a government mandated February 17 deadline for all-digital signals.Cable operators have come under regulatory scrutiny over the switching of analog...
DPR Group, Inc., a full-service agency that provides public relations and marketing support services to a broad range of technology companies, announced today that the company has been named a finalist in the Technology Support Services category for the 2008 NCTA 21 Awards. Winners will be announced at the annual awards gala on Thursday, Nov. 13 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Cary, N.C., presented in conjunction with title sponsor Grant Thornton. The theme for this year's event is "The...
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) and the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) today issued a joint call for submissions for both the 2009 NCTA Technical Papers and for SCTE's Conference on Emerging Technologies. Highlights of accepted papers will be presented during Cable Connection Week - Spring, the cable industry's new biannual week of consolidated industry events to be held April 1-7, 2009, in Washington, DC. Cable Connection Week will mark...
NEW YORK, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Light Reading, a division of TechWeb and the world's leading online publication for the telecom industry, announced today that Mark Cuban, Co-founder and President of HDnet, will speak at Light Reading's upcoming Cable Next-Gen Video Strategies conference on July 24 in Los Angeles. The Cable Next-Gen Video Strategies conference, hosted by Light Reading and Heavy Reading, its prestigious market research division, will take a comprehensive look at the cable...
Pinnacle Advertising President Michelle Manire today announced the win of two prestigious creative awards for the PointSmartClickSafe educational campaign created for the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA). The PointSmartClickSafe campaign is being honored at the 29th Annual Telly Awards with a Bronze Telly in the public service category. The project also was selected as an Official Honoree at the 12th Annual Webby Awards in the family/parenting category, scoring...
By Goldsborough, Reid Change inevitably brings conflict. As such, the biggest Internet controversy these days is over "Net neutrality," also referred to by the more technical term of "packet prioritization," though the meanings are opposite. With Net neutrality, all packets of data are treated equally, none given priority over another, regardless of whether the originator is Disney putting out trailers for its latest blockbuster or your dizzy neighbor putting out homespun footage of his...
U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin Martin said Tuesday his agency has sufficient authority to prevent discrimination by Internet service providers."I do not believe any additional regulations are needed at this time," Martin said, during testimony at a hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee. The Commission had previously conducted two hearings on the issue of "network management", following admissions by Comcast Corp that it had delayed file-sharing...
William (Bill) McGorry has been appointed Chairman of Broadcasting & Cable's Hall of Fame. In this role, McGorry will oversee the nominating process and manage the annual awards event, held this year on October 22 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. Proceeds from this black-tie event will benefit the Broadcasters' Foundation and Cable Positive. With more than 20 years experience in the publishing industry, McGorry was instrumental in the growth of some of the media industries'...
NEW YORK, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Award-winning marketing executive Chris Moseley has been appointed Senior Vice President of Marketing for The History Channel. The announcement was made today by Nancy Dubuc, Executive Vice President and General Manager, The History Channel. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20051031/HISTORYLOGO ) In her new role, Moseley will spearhead all marketing, promotional and branding campaigns for The History Channel and its domestic networks including...
