News about S. Derek Turner

WASHINGTON -- On Monday, Free Press released Cease to Resist: How the FCC’s Failure to Enforce Its Policies Created a New Wave of Media Consolidation. The report investigates how companies are using shady tactics to buy up TV stations and build new national media empires.

WASHINGTON -- On Monday, Free Press filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission about a flawed Minority Media Telecommunications Council study purporting to examine the impact of cross-ownership on women- and minority-owned broadcast stations.

WASHINGTON -- On Monday, Free Press released Combating the Cable Cabal, a comprehensive analysis of the economics of the cable industry.

WASHINGTON – On Monday, DISH Network announced a $25.5 billion proposed merger with Sprint Nextel. The offer competes with a move by Japan's SoftBank to acquire Sprint.

WASHINGTON - On Thursday the Department of Justice Antitrust Division sent a letter to the FCC calling on the agency to adopt "rules that ensure the smaller nationwide networks, which currently lack substantial low-frequency spectrum, have an opportunity to acquire such spectrum."

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, Free Press responded to claims in a blog post by AT&T Senior Vice President Bob Quinn that the Federal Communications Commission is moving too slowly on a petition that would eliminate certain regulations that ensure consumers and businesses have access to quality services at reasonable prices.

WASHINGTON -- On Monday, Free Press filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission concerning AT&T's request for the FCC to facilitate the transition to all-IP networks.

On Wednesday, AT&T defended its decision to block FaceTime over mobile unless customers switch to one of its new mobile share plans. AT&T's chief defense for its blocking of the iPhone's FaceTime capabilities is that the FCC's Open Internet rules do not prohibit mobile carriers from blocking "preloaded" applications, despite the fact that the term does not appear in the FCC's rules or anywhere in the nearly 200-page Open Internet Order.

WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission released the results of its annual section 706 report finding – for the third consecutive year – that broadband services are not being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely manner.

WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday, Verizon Wireless announced plans to sell off its 700 MHz A and B licenses if the Federal Communications Commission approves its acquisition of spectrum licenses from SpectrumCo, Cox and Leap Wireless.