From the Aug. 4, 2006 edition of the mediageek radioshow: The Senate Telecomm bill which would create a national cable franchise is no closer to a vote than it has been all Summer. One factor holding up the bill are Democrat threats of a hold or filibuster. Majority leader Bill Frist won’t let the bill […]
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Ted Stevens Goes Postal
By Paul on August 4, 2006 in just politics, media ownership & consolidation, net neutrality / free the internet!, telecomm
On today’s radioshow I reported on a half-baked pamphlet that Senate Commerce Committee Ted Stevens is distributing to fellow Senators to promote his telecom bill and oppose network neutrality. Click here to take a look at the pamphlet yourself [PDF]. Public Knowledge’s Alex Curis asks some good questions about the pamphlet: Has a congressional committee […]
Mediageek Joins the 21st Century Phone Era
I just finished an interview with video and camcorder writer Richard Baguley and for the first time I conducted the interview using the free Skype voice over IP (VOIP) service. And I must say that I am very impressed with the quality and ease of doing it this way. Mostly, I am blown away by […]
From Today’s Radioshow: Net Neutrality Debate and Daily Show Segments
By Paul on July 21, 2006 in media ownership & consolidation, mediageek headlines, net neutrality / free the internet!, networks, telecomm, video
On today’s radioshow we listened to excerpts from a debate on Net Neutrality between two founders of the internet, Vint Cerf, in defense of net neutrality, and Dave Farber, speaking against it. The debate was sponsored by the Center for American Progress, and you can find an mp3 of the whole debate at the Public […]
One Step Closer to the Demise of the Record Button?
By Paul on June 28, 2006 in intellectual property, media ownership & consolidation, net neutrality / free the internet!, networks, telecomm
In addition to the votes for LPFM and against net neutrality, the Senate Commerce Committee voted in favor of an amendment creating the broadcast flag for both radio/audio and TV/video. If you haven’t heard already, the broadcast flag would allow all content producers to effectively disable the record button on any digital device you own. […]