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    Bob Wright

    Jun 25, 2002 04:00 AM EST

    ... fair trade, antitrust that will have applicability and govern the ownership outside of these historical artifacts of geography and things of that nature, which the FCC has been more focused on. TERENCE SMITH: This makes these companies more valuable. Is NBC for sale? BOB WRIGHT: No, NBC is not for ...

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    NBC and Liquor Ads

    Jan 01, 2002 05:00 AM EST

    ... of Health and human services asking him to speak out. I think Tommy Thompson has to be involved in this. We have also contacted the FCC. I've spoken to Commissioner Powell on this issue. We're also contacting the Federal Trade Commission, asking them to look at this. I ...

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    Vivendi: French Connection

    Dec 17, 2001 05:00 AM EST

    ... with over 17 million subscribers. The irony of this deal is it may indeed put the EchoStar DirecTV deal in jeopardy. EchoStar has told the FCC it is not a content provider. With this deal with Vivendi it has made them a content provider and made them vertically integrated. That ...

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    Changing Cable

    Jul 27, 2001 04:00 AM EST

    ... the issue of what they regulate and what role local franchise authority and local cities and municipalities have. TERENCE SMITH: The new chairman of the FCC, Michael Powell, is seen as a champion of the cable industry and the free market approach. But at a recent convention with cable operators ...

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    News Corp./Chris-Craft Merger Finalized

    Jul 25, 2001 04:00 PM EST

    ... Corp.'s reach will extend to nearly 41 percent of the national audience. Federal law prohibits companies from reaching more than 35 percent, but the FCC voted 3-2 to delay enforcing that limit until a court decides on a legal challenge to the cap. Dissenting commission members said the ...

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    Naval Investigator Testifies Before Inquiry Part II

    Mar 05, 2001 05:02 PM EST

    ... space, even though I am jumping over to navigations, back here in the -- coming back to the contact management team, the fire control technician or FCOW normally stands his watch on the starboard side of control on the lower side of this picture operating all these consoles here. Now the ...

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    Extended Interview: Nancy Maynard

    Jan 24, 2001 05:00 AM EST

    ... is the tension between national and local, and some of it comes out of the history of television. NANCY MAYNARD: When television started and the FCC started giving broadcast licenses out, the first ones were given to newspaper publishers because the assumption was that the publishers would run this new ...

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    William Kennard

    Jan 12, 2001 05:00 AM EST

    ... competition in these markets, to reduce telephone rates for consumers. We've seen an explosion of technology in the wireless area and broadband, and the FCC had a lot do with that. I also feel very proud that in doing so, we didn't forget about those people who are ...

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    Cell Phone Safety

    Dec 28, 2000 05:00 AM EST

    ... the Federal Communications Commission has set a maximum SAR of 1.6 for cell phones. You can determine your phone's rating by locating its FCC ID number on the back, and then looking up the matching SAR on the FCC Internet page. People worried about cell phone use can ...

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    FTC Approves AOL / Time Warner Merger

    Dec 14, 2000 05:00 PM EST

    ... million customers. Among Time Warner's other major possessions are cable networks HBO and CNN, the Warner Brothers movie and music operations, and Time magazine. FCC Chairman William Kennard said in an interview early this week the agency hopes to complete its review by year's end. "We don't ...