News about S. Derek Turner

A new TV standard will soon result in better picture and sound quality. But critics worry that the standards-creation process isn’t taking consumer privacy seriously.

With Comcast buying up broadcasters, it's about to get a lot worse.

Matt Wood and Derek Turner at Free Press warn that the deal would mean higher prices for consumers.

Ajit Pai says the Federal Communications Commission needs to ditch its Net Neutrality rules because they're hindering investment. But there's no evidence to prove Pai's point.

Last week, while pundits were debating whether crashing web servers at the Federal Communications Commission were hit by hackers or simply by a flood of public comments, FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn was on her way to a forum in Los Angeles. There she heard from advocate Sylvia Hernandez and others who are often left out of the Beltway's tech-policy narratives.

Internet service providers have not slowed investment into infrastructure and networks since the passage of Net Neutrality rules despite industry's claims to the contrary, a Free Press study found.

A new report from consumer group Free Press pours cold water on the idea that Net Neutrality killed broadband-industry investment.

WASHINGTON — On Monday, Free Press released a comprehensive report examining internet-industry developments in the two years since the Federal Communications Commission’s February 2015 Open Internet Order.

In the two-year period following the new net neutrality rules, overall investment among those companies was up 5 percent, according to Free Press.

TV-station owners may soon go on a buying spree, a consolidation wave that could limit programming options for viewers.