Media +Technology Intelligence
Net Neutrality The House Communications and Technology Subcommittee hauled all five commissioners of the FCC up to the Hill Wednesday to explain the agency’s recent net neutrality rulemaking, marking the opening gambit it would could be a long and messy fight between the commission’s Democratic majority and the new Republican majority in the House over Read More …
Planning to attend the NAB show in Las Vegas in April? The folks at NAB are generously offering Concurrent Media readers free access to the exhibit floor, as well as to the opening keynote and state of the industry addresses, the info sessions, the content theater and the various specialty areas, or Pits, focusing on broadband, Read More …
Apple While publishers freak out over Apple’s demand for a piece of their iPad action, Apple Insider points to a newly issued patent that suggests Apple may eventually impose the same sort of vig on wireless service providers as well, now that the iPhone and iPad have been untethered in the U.S. from a single carrier. Read More …
App Stores A piece in the New York Times Tuesday set off a torrent of speculation over an alleged new move by Apple to “tighten control over [its] app store.” The story paraphrased Steve Haber, president of Sony’s digital reader business, saying Sony had been told by Apple that “some applications developers, including Sony… can Read More …