MCN Newswire: Blackburn Reintroduces Bill Blocking FCC 'Net Rules; Commisso Weighs In on 'Monstrous' Title II Decision; Fox, AT&T At Loggerheads Over FS1 Action
Top Stories - March 06, 2015
Blackburn Reintroduces Bill Blocking FCC 'Net Rules With the horse not quite out of the barn--the FCC has voted on new Open Internet rules but they won't be official for a couple of months at least--Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) has reintroduced a bill that would block Title II reclassification of Internet Access, or any other new net rules for that matter.more
Commisso Weighs In on 'Monstrous' Title II Decision Mediacom CEO Rocco Commisso said the Federal Communications Commission's new Open Internet regulations will cause uncertainty, except in the legal community, where he suggested they would be able to afford more vacations given the legal work the rules will prompt. He promised to fight what he called "monstrous" reregulation of his business. more Fox, AT&T At Loggerheads Over FS1 Action AT&T U-Verse customers could continue to miss out on select auto racing, college basketball and golf contest on Fox Sports 1 this weekend, over a dispute concerning additional charges in its current carriage agreement.more
AMC, Fox News Top Weekly Primetime Cable List AMC and Fox News sat atop of cable's primetime ratings race for the first official week of March, according to Nielsen.more