Press Releases

Washington, DC -- Today, AT&T sent a letter to the FCC outlining their new approach to Net Neutrality rules. Free Press Policy Director <strong>Ben Scott</strong> made the following statement:

WASHINGTON -- Comcast Corp. announced on Tuesday the launch of "TV Everywhere," an online video service that is available only to Comcast cable subscribers. The new business model poses a serious threat to online video competition.

WASHINGTON -- High early termination fees are a major barrier to consumer choice in the mobile phone marketplace and are preventing millions of consumers who want a new carrier from making the switch, according to a new report released on Thursday by the Government Accountability Office.

WASHINGTON -- C. Edwin Baker, a prominent communications law scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, defender of the First Amendment, and advocate for media and democracy, died Dec. 8. He was 62.

WASHINGTON -- Free Press, Consumers Union and Consumer Federation of America today released a <a href="http://www.freepress.net/files/ComcastPublicInterestCommittments.pdf">new analysis</a> of the "public interest commitments" offered by Comcast following the announcement of its merger with NBC Universal.

WASHINGTON -- In response to the Comcast-NBC merger announcement this morning, Free Press and the Consumer Federation of America released a new analysis showing why the deal poses a major threat to video competition that would seriously harm the public interest.

WASHINGTON -- In a speech at the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, identified policy priorities to support the future of news. "This is a policy issue," said Waxman of the current state of journalism. "Government is going to have to be involved in one way or another."

WASHINGTON — On Monday, GE reportedly reached an agreement to buy out Vivendi's share of NBC Universal. The deal would clear the way for Comcast to take a controlling stake in NBCU and open the door to a new era of media consolidation that reaches across content creation and distribution, giving one company enormous power over TV and Internet content.

SAN FRANCISCO -- A motion urging the Federal Communications Commission to create strong Network Neutrality rules will be voted on today by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

NEW YORK -- Testifying before the New York City Council today, Free Press delivered signatures from more than 4,000 New Yorkers calling for strong open Internet rules. The City Council is considering a resolution (712A-2007) urging the federal government to protect Net Neutrality.