Tag: Federal Communications Commission
Tribune files $1B suit against Sinclair as deal scrapped
NEW YORK -Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.’s bid to become a nationwide powerhouse collapsed as Tribune Media Co. withdrew from a planned merger that drew...
For Sinclair, ruling on TV limits may be too late for...
NEW YORK - A U.S. appeals court rejected on technical grounds a challenge to Federal Communications Commission ownership rules that could ease the path...
Sinclair and Tribune fall as FCC slams TV station sale plan
NEW YORK - U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai questioned the legality of a controversial plan by Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. and Tribune Media...
Net neutrality rules expire as backers turn to Congress, courts
NEW YORK - The Obama-era net neutrality regulations that barred broadband providers from slowing or blocking internet traffic expired Monday, a major milestone in a...
Raimondo signs order requiring ISPs that bid with state to adhere...
PROVIDENCE – “A free and open internet is essential to our democracy and economy,” said Gov. Gina M. Raimondo in a statement on Tuesday...
Report: R.I. residents received over 59M robocalls in 2017
PROVIDENCE – Feel like you are getting more phone calls lately where you answer, there’s a pause and a prerecorded message starts delivering a...
LPR and RIPR end agreement, 1290 AM station up for sale
PROVIDENCE – Latino Public Radio and Rhode Island Public Radio terminated their contract to transfer ownership of the WRNI-AM 1290 terrestrial radio station, and...
Controversial Sinclair station sales in NYC, Chicago advance
WASHINGTON – Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. said it had executed agreements to sell TV stations in New York and Chicago in order to stay...
Sinclair station sales seen needed as Tribune review wraps
NEW YORK - Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. likely will face demands to sell TV stations in at least 10 cities to satisfy regulators who are...
Net neutrality rules swept aside by Republican-led U.S. FCC
NEW YORK - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission swept aside rules barring broadband providers from favoring the internet traffic of websites willing to pay...
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