This just got a lot uglier, but expected: Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) is now appealing the Federal Communications Commission to block the regulatory agency’s decision to cite and sanction the company…

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While the controversy over behavioral targeting had been building since last year, Charter Communications’ (NSDQ: CHTR) high-profile troubles with ad targeter NebuAd in June has chilled similar efforts by other…

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Various state and federal regulatory bodies are still looking into Google’s (NSDQ: GOOG) ad relationship with Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), but CEO Eric Schmidt says the deal is on for October.…

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Over the weekend, U.S. Sen. Joe Biden, who pulled out of the 2008 race for the Democrat’s presidential slot when voters gave him the cold shoulder, moved back in as…

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More than a dozen of the 33 companies asked by Congress to describe their behavioral targeting activities say they do not engage in the practice, WaPo reported. But lawmakers on…

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Hoping to mollify Congress and state legislators, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is broadening ‘opt-out’ controls covering targeted ads across its portal. Yahoo offered up the new tools as part of its…

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-- ValueClick sues Tacoda over patent infringement: A few days before online ad firm ValueClick (NSDQ: VCLK) launched a new behavioral targeting platform, the company sued AOL (NYSE: TWX) Platform-A…

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The FCC lambasted Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) for blocking traffic from some P2P users and evading its official position on the matter in a long awaited and 3-2 split ruling today.…

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The network neutrality debate has taken another turn with Robert Quinn, AT&T’s VP on federal regulatory issues, telling FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell that, “use of a P2P file-sharing application would…

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Digital music providers welcomed today’s EC decision to end Europe’s country-by-country royalties collection system, a move that will make it easier for them to license songs for online use. 7Digital…

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-- Senator likens ad targeting to government wiretaps: Two weeks after privacy objections led Charter Communications (NSDQ: CHTR) to drop its ad targeting experiment with NebuAd, the Senate Commerce Committee…

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So finally Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) is being taken to task, at least on paper: The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission Kevin Martin will recommend that Comcast be punished for…

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They gave the Department Of Justice three and a half months to review their ad deal - and it’s now doing just that in earnest. An unnamed source tells Washington…

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In the UK, the launch of the “Kangaroo” VOD JV between BBC Worldwide, ITV (LSE: ITV) and Channel 4 faces significant delay after the government’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT)…

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Telcos scored a victory in federal court Friday upholding an earlier Federal Communications Commission ruling that will ease the path for companies like Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and AT&T (NYSE: T)…

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In a move designed to prompt more people to store their medical records online, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and several others have agreed on privacy standards to protect…

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has made good on his promise to shake up the country’s media industry. Starting on January 1 next year prime-time advertising on public television will be…

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Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) has received the green light from the FTC for its acquisition of Long Island newspaper Newsday, according to Reuters. This wasn’t expected to be a major hurdle,…

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Will it or won’t it? U.S. Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI), chairman of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, came out with a statement this evening on the Yahoo-Google (NSDQ: GOOG) deal: “We…

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Not that this was going to be an issue, but the CBS’ (NYSE: CBS) buyout of CNET (NSDQ: CNET) Networks is moving along, and more significantly, no other bidders have…

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After many delays, light at the end of the tunnel finally emerges… The Federal Communications Commission could decide on the merger between Sirius Satellite Radio (NSDQ: SIRI) with rival XM…

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Eight former executives at AOL (NYSE: TWX) have been accused of overstating online ad revenue by $1 billion and have been hit with fraud charges by the Securities and Exchange…

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Last night the Senate voted to roll back the FCC’s decision to loosen media cross-ownership rules, which it announced last December. The Senate vote comes less than a month after…

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Facebook makes a PR push on the privacy and safety front today, instituting an array of enhanced privacy safeguards and obscenity blockers as part of an agreement with 49 state…

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Over the last year, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has made its presence known in the wireless industry, not for its applications, but instead, for its position on open access. The internet…

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