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1. WWOR-TV Ch. 9 investigated for not serving N.J. viewers
(Entertainment/Movies)

... The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is investigating the local affiliate of News Corporation-parent company of Fox-for allegedly misrepresenting the station's employment figures and programming. ...

2. Will Ben Roethlisberger get a pass at this Super Bowl?
(Sports/Professional)

... was fined $550,000 for broadcasting the Jackson "wardrobe malfunctioning" incident. CBS continues to appeal the fine. After the Super Bowl incident, Michael Powell and the FCC dug in and started to go ...

3. ESPN will get real competition from Comcast-NBC merger
(Sports/Professional)

... too pleased with the FCC's decision to allow Comcast and General Electric's Peacock network and other holdings to go to the altar and be wed. After all, Disney's cash cow, the so-called "World Wide Leader ...

4. NFL’s real Super Bowl to be played in Manhattan
(Sports/Professional)

... Commission should be monitoring Burbank's hearing. The FCC should also hold a hearing and invite Murdoch, Redstone and Immelt along with NFL officials to discuss the NFL TV agreements. Congress, which ...

5. Fox returns to Cablevision in time for World Series
(Entertainment/Movies)

... didn't sound very happy about the impasse-ending deal. "In the absence of any meaningful action from the FCC, Cablevision has agreed to pay Fox an unfair price for multiple channels of its programming ...

6. Cablevisions pleads for government, non-profits to stream World Series over Internet
(Sports/Professional)

... in a contract dispute, is broadcasting the World Series. In its statement, Cablevision also noted that Congress had "excluded these entities (government entities and non-profits) from the FCC's retransmission ...

7. Cablevision will pay for customers to watch World Series on MLB.com
(Sports/Professional)

... no. It is now clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that News Corp. is operating in bad faith. We call on the FCC to intervene immediately to restore the Fox signals to Cablevision's 3 million homes and order ...

8. Cablevision customers on verge of missing World Series on Fox
(Entertainment/Movies)

... play Game One. In his letter to Genachowski, Dolan offered to be in he FCC's offices Wednesday morning, with the World series about to kickoff, "with new, constructive offers, prepared to reach agreement." ...

9. Cablevision asks FCC to immediately reinstate News Corp. stations, order arbitration
(Entertainment/Movies)

... to the FCC, both Cablevision and News Corp. accused each other of failing to conduct their so-called retransmission-consent negotiations "in good faith," as required by federal law. The FCC's Media Bureau ...

10. Facts not Fox: How News Corp. holds America hostage
(Opinion/Commentary)

... became a U.S. citizen so he can play media mogul, has taken over news media and mass appeal pop stations all across the country — even getting waivers from the FCC to break its own rules. (And) Challenges ...

11. FCC wants proof Cablevision, News Corp. negotiating
(Entertainment/Movies)

... on their own TV sets. The FCC wants an explanation by the end of the business day Monday of what has happened so far in talks between the cable company and the broadcaster, whose contract dispute has ...

12. Another FCC commissioner takes aim at Cablevision, News Corp. for nearly week-long dispute
(Entertainment/Movies)

... in talks prompted FCC Commissioner Michael Copps to issue a statement Wednesday criticizing both the cable company and the broadcaster. The issue is a federal regulation called retransmission consent, ...

13. Cablevision and Fox remain ‘far apart’
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski. Saying that "the time for petty gamesmanship is over," the chairman said that the FCC will examine whether Cablevision and Fox are negotiating in good faith. ...

14. Senators Lautenberg and Menendez ask FCC to intervene in Cablevision/News Corp. dispute
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Senators Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez wrote a joint letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski urging the FCC to take another stab at resolving the dispute. The New Jersey senators in effect joined ...

15. Cablevision’s more than 900,000 N.J. customers lose three TV stations as News Corp. yanks them in carriage dispute
(Entertainment/Movies)

... to help find a resolution. According to media reports, the FCC suggested that Fox and Cablevision mediate the dispute next week and keep the three channels in New Jersey and the tri-state area on the ...

16. Merger between Comcast and NBC should be rejected
(Entertainment/Movies)

... the Federal Communication Commission (FCC), the Justice Department, and two Congressional committees have spent months carefully reviewing the proposed merger. The FCC even held a public hearing on the ...

17. CP
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

so if they were not naked what is the line in the sand regarding CP............sounds like the same thing the FCC was doing when Stern was on free radio. it's all made up as the go along. no matter ...

18. State prisons' chief details effort to crackdown on illegal cell phone use among inmates
(N.J./State)

... Christie would petition the FCC to allow cell phone jamming in New Jersey prisons,'' Lanigan said. Lanigan said it costs the state $49,191 annually to finance the imprisonment of each of the over 25,000 ...

19. Your job search: Fair scheduled for veterans and military personnel
(Money/Economy)

... LLC Social Security Administration United We Stand Foundation US Dept of Labor - OFCCP US Small Business Administration VA Medical Center Outreach Dept. Wounded Warrior Project — NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM ...

20. WABC-TV restored to Cablevision's lineup in time for customers to see most of the Oscars
(Entertainment/Movies)

... FCC and urged the agency to appropriately involve itself in this process." Sunday Cablevision also picked up support from Sen. Craig M. Johnson, D-Nassau, New York Congresswoman Nita Lowey, New York ...