Dish Dishes Out Four More Local HD Markets

07/03/09 Dish Network added high-definition feeds for local channels in four new markets. The satellite provider launched HD local channels in Fort Wayne, Ind.; La Crosse-Eau Claire and..... ...Read More »

FCC To Seek More Public Input on Broadband Plan

07/01/09 The deadline for reply comments on the FCC's national broadband deployment plan is July 12, having been extended a couple weeks. But that will hardly be the end of the public's opportunity to weigh in. At an Erie, Penn., broadband event Wednesday, FCC chairman Julius Genachowski signaled that the commission would host national discussions across the country as well as ..... ...Read More »

Dish Subs Can Still Use DVRs

07/01/09 Dish Network subscribers can continue to use their DVRs. That was the upshot of a ruling by the the Federal Appeals Court for the D.C. Circuit Wednesday.The court granted a stay of a lower court injunction against use of the devices. That court found that EchoStar Corp., which asked for the stay and supplies the equipment to co-owned Dish, was in contempt for not disabling the devices..... ...Read More »

Broadband Event Is Launch Of Rural Tours By Top Officials

06/30/09 President Barack Obama has chosen to launch what will be a series of rural visits by top administration officials with a broadband event featuring Vice President Joe Biden, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and FCC chairman Julius Genachowski. The trip had been reported earlier in the day, but the president put it in context with a statement ..... ...Read More »

NCTA: FCC Needs To Be Careful In Collection of Special Access Services Data

06/30/09 The National Cable & Telecommunications Association told the FCC Tuesday (June 30) that it has to be very careful about how it collects data for its inquiry into special access services. That is the access to businesses provided by incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECS) who dominate the existing last mile to the business market. Since cable operators are..... ...Read More »

Michael Jackson's videos set a new standard

07/03/09 LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - A seldom-seen 1989 music video for Michael Jackson's song "Liberian Girl" is a good indication of the pop star's clout. ...Read More »

Michael Jackson, Pepsi made marketing history

07/03/09 NEW YORK (Billboard) - Essentially two kinds of people existed in the '80s: Coke drinkers and Pepsi drinkers. And if you loved Michael Jackson, you had good rea ...Read More »

Michael Jackson sales surge expected to last months

07/03/09 NEW YORK/DENVER (Billboard) - In the days following Michael Jackson's June 25 death, fans flocked to record stores and digital music outlets to p ...Read More »

Dish, Time Warner Cable In New York Next For MSNBC HD

07/03/09 MSNBC HD, which came out of the gate with launches on systems owned by 10 distributors on June 29, will debut on Dish Network and within Time Warner Cable's Big Apple footprint in July. According to NBCU officials, Dish Network will extend the enhanced version of MSNBC nationally this month.For its part, Time Warner Cable, which bowed the news service's HD feed on..... ...Read More »

Alice in Chains reunion "Gives Way" to album, tour

07/02/09 CLEVELAND (Billboard) - Alice in Chains singer-guitarist Jerry Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney say the band's new album, their first in nearly 14 years, doesn't s ...Read More »

FCC Meeting Stresses Urgency of Broadband Rollout

07/02/09 It was a kinder, gentler FCC that showed itself for new Chairman Julius Genachowski's first meeting, but one that has a tough road ahead of it in pursuit of a comprehensive broadband plan. The praise for staffers, for the DTV transition and the Herculean broadband planning effort came from all quarters, as did pledges for an open, transparent, consumer-focused, data-d..... ...Read More »