MCN Newswire: O'Rielly: Internet Not a Necessity; Ailes Sticks With Fox
Top Stories - June 26, 2015
FCC's O'Rielly: Internet Access Not a Necessity FCC commissioner Michael O'Rielly said regulators should not view Internet access as a necessity or a human right and suggested that conflating broadband with "food, shelter and water" was a rhetorical trap. more
Ailes Signs New Deal to Run Fox News Roger Ailes, who created Fox News Channel and built it into a ratings and financial powerhouse, signed a new long-term deal that will keep him with 21st Century Fox, where he will report jointly to Rupert Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch and James Murdoch under the company's new management structure. more
OTI Pushes FCC for Interconnection Conditions on AT&T-DirecTV New America's Open Technology Institute (OTI) has reiterated to the FCC its request for interconnection conditions on the AT&T-DirecTV merger, arguing that M-Lab's recently released Internet Health Test network diagnostic data show AT&T as the worst performer in terms of "patterns of degradation" at interconnection points. more
Charter Files Application for TWC Merger Charter has filed its application with the Federal Communications Commission to buy Time Warner Cable, promising in its public-interest statement to go beyond the agency's new Open Internet rules. more
Average U.S. Broadband Speed Up 13%: Akamai Average broadband speeds in the U.S. reached 11.9 Mbps in the first quarter, a 13% year-over-year increase (and a 7.4% quarter-over-quarter rise), according to Akamai's latest "State of the Internet Report." more