Press Releases

WASHINGTON -- According to news reports, owners of TV stations that carry ABC, CBS and Fox programming called on the FCC and Justice Department to set conditions on the Comcast-NBC merger to protect them from the anti-competative threats posed by the joining of the nation’s largest cable company and NBC, their network competitor.

WASHINGTON --Today, Free Press and the New America Foundation released an early analysis of the National Broadband Plan that argues that while the Plan takes several critical first steps toward solving the nation's broadband deficiencies, the FCC must act decisively and quickly in several key areas in order to reach its goals.

WASHINGTON -- Two leading public interest groups today renewed their call for the Federal Communications Commission to safeguard text messaging after they revealed that Sprint will shut down a fundraising campaign aimed at helping earthquake-ravaged Haiti.

Today, House Commerce Committee Chair <strong>Henry Waxman</strong> (D-Calif.) called on the FCC to take any necessary action to move forward with the national broadband plan <!--break!-->after pending litigation has drawn into question the agency’s authority to implement key elements of the plan such as reform of the Universal Service Fund and numerous consumer protections.

WASHINGTON -- In response to a speech by Verizon executive Tom Tauke, Free Press Executive Director <strong>Josh Silver</strong> made the following statement:

WASHINGTON -- Responding to today's interim decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on the Federal Communications Commission's media ownership rules, Free Press Executive Director <strong>Josh Silver</strong> said:

WASHINGTON -- In response to the release of the executive summary of the Federal Communications Commission’s National Broadband Plan, Free Press Executive Director <strong>Josh Silver</strong> made the following statement:

WASHINGTON -- A federal court has upheld regulations that prevent cable TV companies from withholding channels from competing TV providers, including satellite, telecom and smaller cable companies.

WASHINGTON -- Today, members of the Senate Commerce Committee will examine the pending Comcast-NBC merger.

WASHINGTON -- Today, FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn issued a statement urging the Federal Communications Commission to examine competition in the broadband market.